

The Manhattan Project
Visit website6.2/10 • 104
1986-06-13 • 1h 58m
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.
- Directors
- Marshall Brickman
- Writters
- Marshall Brickman, Thomas Baum
- Editors
- Marshall Brickman, Thomas Baum, Nina Feinberg

The Manhattan Project
Visit website1986-06-13 • 1h 58m
6.2/10 • 104
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.
- Directors
- Marshall Brickman
- Writters
- Marshall Brickman, Thomas Baum
- Editors
- Marshall Brickman, Thomas Baum, Nina Feinberg
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsJohn Lithgow
John Mathewson
Christopher Collet
Paul Stephens
Cynthia Nixon
Jenny Anderman
Jill Eikenberry
Elizabeth Stephens
John Mahoney
Lt. Col. Conroy
Richard Jenkins
Radiation Controls Officer
Robert Sean Leonard
Max
Steve Blum
Laser Efficiency Kid (as Richard Cardona)
Sarah Burke
Jenny's Parent
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- Status
- Released
- Original Language
- English
- Budget
- $18,000,000.00
- Revenue
- $3,900,000.00
- Keywords
- helicopterbombplutoniumlaserheistfugitivescientistnuclearproject