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.
John Lithgow
Christopher Collet
Cynthia Nixon
Jill Eikenberry
John Mahoney
Richard Jenkins
Robert Sean Leonard
Steve Blum
Sarah Burke
Robert Schenkkan
Richard Council
Fred Melamed
Ned Eisenberg