Skip to content
The Manhattan Project backdrop

The Manhattan Project

6.2Jun 13, 19861h 58mScience FictionThriller

Directed by Marshall Brickman

Written by Thomas Baum, Marshall Brickman

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.

Watch Now

Cast

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

Gregg Edelman

Gregg Edelman

Science Teacher

JD Cullum

JD Cullum

Eccles (as John David Cullum)

?

Abraham Unger

Roland (as Abe Unger)

Robert Sean Leonard

Robert Sean Leonard

Max

Screenshots