The Manhattan Project
movie

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.
Released June 13, 1986
Genres:
Overview
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.
Cast

John Lithgow
as
John Mathewson

Christopher Collet
as
Paul Stephens

Cynthia Nixon
as
Jenny Anderman

Jill Eikenberry
as
Elizabeth Stephens

John Mahoney
as
Lt. Col. Conroy

Richard Jenkins
as
Radiation Controls Officer

Sully Boyar
as
Night Guard

Timothy Carhart
as
Relief Guard

Gregg Edelman
as
Science Teacher

JD Cullum
as
Eccles (as John David Cullum)
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Abraham Unger
as
Roland (as Abe Unger)

Robert Sean Leonard
as
Max
Crew

Marshall Brickman
as
Director
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Thomas Baum
as
Writer
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Jennifer Ogden
as
Producer

Billy Williams
as
Director of Photography

Marshall Brickman
as
Producer

Philippe Sarde
as
Original Music Composer
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Nina Feinberg
as
Editor
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Robert Guerra
as
Art Direction

Marshall Brickman
as
Writer

Juliet Taylor
as
Casting
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Philip Rosenberg
as
Production Design
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Bran Ferren
as
Visual Effects Director