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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."

⭐ 6.2/10 1986 1h 58m Dir. Marshall Brickman

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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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6.2/10 118 votes

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Year
1986
Runtime
1h 58m
TMDB Rating
⭐ 6.2/10
Votes
118
Genre
Science Fiction, Thriller
Language
EN
Budget
$18.0M

Cast

🎭 Science Fiction 🎭 Thriller 🎬 Marshall Brickman 👤 John Lithgow 👤 Christopher Collet 👤 Cynthia Nixon
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Questions about The Manhattan Project

The Manhattan Project has a runtime of 1h 58m (1 hour and 58 minutes).
The Manhattan Project was directed by Marshall Brickman and released in 1986.
The Manhattan Project is a Science Fiction, Thriller film (1986).
The cast of The Manhattan Project includes John Lithgow, Christopher Collet, Cynthia Nixon, Jill Eikenberry, John Mahoney.
The Manhattan Project has a TMDB rating of 6.2/10 based on 118 votes.

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