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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.

June 13, 1986 118 min PG-13
✓ Released 14547 days ago
Science Fiction Thriller
6.2

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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.

Movie Info

Status: Released
Director: Marshall Brickman
Runtime: 118 min
Budget: $18,000,000
Revenue: $3,900,000

Top 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

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Timothy Carhart

Timothy Carhart

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