"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
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
Fred Melamed
as Howard
Ned Eisenberg
as C-4 Guy (uncredited)
Marshall Brickman
Director
Thomas Baum
Writer
Jennifer Ogden
Producer
Billy Williams
Director of Photography
Philippe Sarde
Original Music Composer
Nina Feinberg
Editor
Robert Guerra
Art Direction
Juliet Taylor
Casting
Philip Rosenberg
Production Design
Bran Ferren
Visual Effects Director
Nina Ramsey
Set Decoration
Roger Paradiso
Associate Producer
Bruce McNall
Shay Cunliffe
Costume Design
Hank Muller
Assistant Camera
Roy Farfel
Stunts