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.
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John Lithgow as John Mathewson
Christopher Collet as Paul Stephens
Cynthia Nixon as Jenny Anderman
Jill Eikenberry as Elizabeth Stephens
John Mahoney as Lt. Col. Conroy
Richard Jenkins as Radiation Controls Officer
Robert Sean Leonard as Max
Steve Blum as Laser Efficiency Kid (as Richard Cardona)
Sarah Burke as Jenny's Parent
Robert Schenkkan as Government Aide
Richard Council as Government Aide
Fred Melamed as Howard
Ned Eisenberg as C-4 Guy (uncredited)
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