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The Manhattan Project
1 hour 58 minutes1986-06-13
6.3
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Named after the World War II-era program, the plot revolves around a gifted high school student who decides to construct a nuclear bomb for a national science fair. The film's underlying theme involves the Cold War of the 1980s when government secrecy and mutually assured destruction were key political and military issues.
Cast
![John Lithgow](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//8Y1sjBdnVR483S8PrnAQzlESwhx.jpg)
John Lithgow
John Mathewson
![Christopher Collet](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//iJiIpd6DiPNAJrxasj77bOj2RMf.jpg)
Christopher Collet
Paul Stephens
![Cynthia Nixon](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//a366FCtQYmT80vQnPMFZ4hsTwuU.jpg)
Cynthia Nixon
Jenny Anderman
![Jill Eikenberry](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//hdmZKB8JoKSBtRsozEDvEUejP7Y.jpg)
Jill Eikenberry
Elizabeth Stephens
![John Mahoney](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//paVSw7Brdp6MKa2j4UPukA0KHs3.jpg)
John Mahoney
Lt. Col. Conroy
![Richard Jenkins](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//muT3RZG9hiKaKojD751RcQ5tGEy.jpg)
Richard Jenkins
Radiation Controls Officer
![Robert Sean Leonard](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//9h3Gvs96UemTK4tnBUhBry0B7C0.jpg)
Robert Sean Leonard
Max
![Steve Blum](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//cpO0muunoigq1WHegeOEI1AIQAo.jpg)
Steve Blum
Laser Efficiency Kid (as Richard Cardona)
![Sarah Burke](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Sarah Burke
Jenny's Parent
![Robert Schenkkan](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//vSDnJreSB3tR8OB99zYBxM7XKJH.jpg)
Robert Schenkkan
Government Aide
![Richard Council](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//zihavy80dg9VXb0iQjIHGXccjVA.jpg)
Richard Council
Government Aide
![Fred Melamed](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//cb5HSNuu6n4OVuxxQCDd5CfEocb.jpg)