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The Manhattan Project(1986)
Status: Released
Date: 1986-06-13
62%
103 Votes
Time: 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.
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $18,000,000.00
Revenue: $3,900,000.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Gladden Entertainment
Movie: The Manhattan Project
Top 10 Billed Cast
John 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)
Robert Schenkkan
Government Aide
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