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
as Government Aide
Fred Melamed
as Howard
