
Feature film — 1986
The Manhattan Project (1986)
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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A high-signal pick with 123 votes.
Gladden Entertainment
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Director: Marshall Brickman
On screen
Cast & crew

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

Sully Boyar
Night Guard

Timothy Carhart
Relief Guard

Gregg Edelman
Science Teacher

JD Cullum
Eccles (as John David Cullum)
Abraham Unger
Roland (as Abe Unger)

Robert Sean Leonard
Max
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