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The Manhattan Project

1986
Directed byMarshall Brickman
1h 58m

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 LithgowJohn MathewsonChristopher ColletPaul StephensCynthia NixonJenny Anderman
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Science FictionThriller
STATUSReleased
RATING
6.2

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