The Manhattan Project

Paul Stevens' high school science project has gotten a little out of hand. He just built an atomic bomb. Now he's got 11 hours to make sure it doesn't work.

The Manhattan Project — Plot

A gifted high school student steals plutonium from the secret nuclear weapons facility in his home town in order to construct his own nuclear bomb, win a national science fair, and expose the government's secrets.

• Release date
• June 13, 1986
• Runtime
• 118 min
• Genres
• Science Fiction, Thriller
• Director
• Marshall Brickman

The Manhattan Project — Cast

John Lithgow John Mathewson Christopher Collet Paul Stephens Cynthia Nixon Jenny Anderman Jill Eikenberry Elizabeth Stephens John Mahoney Lt. Col. Conroy Richard Jenkins Radiation Controls Officer Sully Boyar Night Guard Timothy Carhart Relief Guard