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The Manhattan Project

1986·118 min

The Manhattan Project

Directed by Marshall Brickman

Science 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.

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John Mathewson

Christopher Collet

Paul Stephens

Jenny Anderman

Jill Eikenberry

Elizabeth Stephens

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Marshall Brickman

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Marshall Brickman

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John Mahoney

Lt. Col. Conroy

Richard Jenkins

Radiation Controls Officer

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Timothy Carhart

Relief Guard

Science Teacher

Eccles (as John David Cullum)

Roland (as Abe Unger)

Robert Sean Leonard

Max

Howard

C-4 Guy (uncredited)

Richard Council

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Robert Schenkkan

Government Aide

Laser Efficiency Kid (as Richard Cardona)

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The Manhattan Project (1986) is about 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.

Who directed The Manhattan Project?

Marshall Brickman directed The Manhattan Project (1986).

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