The Manhattan Project
The Manhattan Project (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.)
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.
Top Cast
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)
Genres
Director
Marshall Brickman
Budget / Revenue
$18.0M / $3.9M
