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The Manhattan Project

The Manhattan Project1986

★6.2118 minScience FictionThriller

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.

Director

Marshall Brickman

Writer

Thomas Baum Marshall Brickman

Score

Stars

John Lithgow Christopher Collet Cynthia Nixon

Cast55

John Lithgow
as John Mathewson
Christopher Collet
as Paul Stephens
Cynthia Nixon
as Jenny Anderman
Jill Eikenberry
as Elizabeth Stephens
John Mahoney
as Lt. Col. Conroy
Richard Jenkins
as Radiation Controls Officer
Sully Boyar
as Night Guard
Timothy Carhart
as Relief Guard
Gregg Edelman
as Science Teacher
JD Cullum
as Eccles (as John David Cullum)
A
Abraham Unger
as Roland (as Abe Unger)
Robert Sean Leonard
as Max
Fred Melamed
as Howard
Ned Eisenberg
as C-4 Guy (uncredited)
Richard Council
as Government Aide
Robert Schenkkan
as Government Aide
Steve Blum
as Laser Efficiency Kid (as Richard Cardona)
S
Sarah Burke
as Jenny's Parent
W
Warren Manzi
as Day Attendant
P
Paul Austin
as General
Adrian Sparks
as Scientist
C
Curt Dempster
as Scientist
B
Bran Ferren
as Lab Assistant
D
David Quinn
as Tennis
Geoffrey Nauffts
as Craig
K
Katherine Hiler
as Emma
T
Trey Cummins
as Terry
S
Steve Borton
as Local FBI
Harlan Cary Poe
as Local FBI
Ned Schmidtke
as Jenny's Parent
A
Allen DeCheser
as Jenny's Brother
A
Artie DeCheser
as Jenny's Brother
F
Fred G. Smith
as Conroy's Lieutenant
Manny Jacobs
as Moore
C
Charles Fields
as Price (as Charlie Fields)
E
Eric Hsiao
as Saito
H
Heather Rose Dominic
as Flirting Kid
Bruce Smolanoff
as Flirting Kid
John Doumanian
as Cabbie
Tom Tarpey
as Injection Doctor
E
Edward D. Murphy
as FBI
J
Joan Harris
as Barbara Collins - TV Reporter
K
Ken Chapin
as Command
Peter McRobbie
as Electronics
Warren Keith
as Computer
Bruce Jarchow
as Interrogator
Stephen Markle
as Interrogator
Al Cerullo
as Helicopter Pilot
M
Michael Telesco
as Day Security Receptionist
R
Richard Caselnova
as SWAT
Frank Ferrara Sr.
as SWAT
J
Jimmie Ray Weeks
as SWAT
Dan Butler
as SWAT
Steve Zettler
as SWAT
Debbie Gibson
as Background (uncredited)

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