The Manhattan Project (1986)

Name: The Manhattan Project
Director: Marshall Brickman
Genre: Science Fiction, Thriller
Released: 1986
Duration: 1 h 58 min
Rating: 6.2
Cast: Abraham Unger, Christopher Collet, Cynthia Nixon, Fred Melamed, Gregg Edelman

Science Fiction Thriller

6.2 (122 votes)

1h 58m

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.

Details

Director: Marshall Brickman
Writer: Thomas Baum, Marshall Brickman
Original Language: English
Budget: $18,000,000

Cast

Abraham Unger Christopher Collet Cynthia Nixon Fred Melamed Gregg Edelman JD Cullum Jill Eikenberry John Lithgow John Mahoney Ned Eisenberg Richard Council Richard Jenkins Robert Sean Leonard Sully Boyar Timothy Carhart