Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Age rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Frights
- Mild
The story
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.
- helicopter
- bomb
- plutonium
- laser
- heist
- fugitive
- nuclear bomb
- scientist
- homemade explosive
- science fair
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
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
- Sully Boyar — Night Guard
- Timothy Carhart — Relief Guard
- Gregg Edelman — Science Teacher
- JD Cullum — Eccles (as John David Cullum)
- Abraham Unger — Roland (as Abe Unger)
- Robert Sean Leonard — Max
- Fred Melamed — Howard
- Ned Eisenberg — C-4 Guy (uncredited)
- Richard Council — Government Aide
- Directed
- Marshall Brickman
- Written
- Marshall Brickman, Thomas Baum
Production
- Rating
- 6.2 / 10 · 119 ratings
- Studio
- Gladden Entertainment
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