Short Circuit
Something wonderful has happened... No. 5 is alive.
19861h 38m
- Science Fiction
- Comedy
- Family
TMDB rating 6.7TMDB1,695 votes
Overview
After a lightning bolt zaps a robot named Number 5, the lovable machine starts to think he's human and escapes the lab. Hot on his trail is his designer, Newton, who hopes to get to Number 5 before the military does. In the meantime, a spunky animal lover mistakes the robot for an alien and takes him in, teaching her new guest about life on Earth.
- Directed by
- John Badham
- Written by
- Brent Maddock
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Cast
Ally Sheedy
Stephanie Speck
Steve Guttenberg
Newton Crosby
Fisher Stevens
Ben Jabituya
Austin Pendleton
Howard Marner
G.W. Bailey
Skroeder
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Facts
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $10M
- Revenue
- $40.7M
- Production companies
- TriStar Pictures, PSO, The Turman-Foster Company
