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The Manhattan Project

1986·118'

★ 6.2

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.

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.

Stills

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Cast

John Lithgow John Lithgow John Mathewson
Christopher Collet Christopher Collet Paul Stephens
Cynthia Nixon Cynthia Nixon Jenny Anderman
Jill Eikenberry Jill Eikenberry Elizabeth Stephens
John Mahoney John Mahoney Lt. Col. Conroy
Richard Jenkins Richard Jenkins Radiation Controls Officer
Sully Boyar Sully Boyar Night Guard
Timothy Carhart Timothy Carhart Relief Guard
Gregg Edelman Gregg Edelman Science Teacher
JD Cullum JD Cullum Eccles (as John David Cullum)
Abraham Unger Roland (as Abe Unger)
Robert Sean Leonard Robert Sean Leonard Max

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