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The Manhattan Project (1986)

PG-13 ★ 6.2/10 118 min Science Fiction, Thriller United States English
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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.

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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.

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John Lithgow
John Lithgow John Mathewson
Christopher Collet
Christopher Collet Paul Stephens
Cynthia Nixon
Cynthia Nixon Jenny Anderman
Jill Eikenberry
Jill Eikenberry Elizabeth Stephens
John Mahoney
John Mahoney Lt. Col. Conroy
Richard Jenkins
Richard Jenkins Radiation Controls Officer
Sully Boyar
Sully Boyar Night Guard
Timothy Carhart
Timothy Carhart Relief Guard

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