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The Manhattan Project

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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.

Status: Released

Released Date: 1986-06-13

Runtime: 118 mins

Director: Marshall Brickman

Writer: Thomas Baum, Marshall Brickman

Spoken language: English

Genres: Science Fiction, Thriller

Original title: The Manhattan Project

Production Companies: Gladden Entertainment

Production Countries: United States of America

Cast

John Lithgow

Christopher Collet

Cynthia Nixon

Jill Eikenberry

John Mahoney

Radiation Controls Officer

Richard Jenkins

Max

Robert Sean Leonard

Laser Efficiency Kid (as Richard Cardona)

Steve Blum

Sarah Burke

Robert Schenkkan

Richard Council

Fred Melamed

Ned Eisenberg

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