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.

John Lithgow
John Mathewson

Christopher Collet
Paul Stephens

Cynthia Nixon
Jenny Anderman

Jill Eikenberry
Elizabeth Stephens

John Mahoney
Lt. Col. Conroy

Richard Jenkins
Radiation Controls Officer

Robert Sean Leonard
Max

Steve Blum
Laser Efficiency Kid (as Richard Cardona)
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Release Date
June 13, 1986
Runtime
1h 58m
Rating
PG-13
Genres
Science Fiction, Thriller
Director