The Manhattan Project
Film1986118 min6.2/10 on TMDB
Directed by Marshall Brickman
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 story
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.
Watch trailerCast & crew
John LithgowJohn Mathewson
Christopher ColletPaul Stephens
Cynthia NixonJenny Anderman
Jill EikenberryElizabeth Stephens
John MahoneyLt. Col. Conroy
Richard JenkinsRadiation Controls Officer
Sully BoyarNight Guard
Timothy CarhartRelief Guard
Gregg EdelmanScience Teacher
JD CullumEccles (as John David Cullum)Abraham Unger
Abraham UngerRoland (as Abe Unger)
Robert Sean LeonardExplore the crew
- Director
- Marshall Brickman
- Writer
- Thomas Baum
- Producer
- Jennifer Ogden
- Director of Photography
- Billy Williams
- Producer
- Marshall Brickman
- Original Music Composer
- Philippe Sarde
- Editor
- Nina Feinberg
- Writer
- Marshall Brickman
- Producer
- Bruce McNall