Movie

Short Circuit

Something wonderful has happened... No. 5 is alive.

1986★ 6.7 · 1.6K1h 38mScience FictionComedyFamily

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.

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Trailer · Official 40th Anniversary Trailer

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Cast

Fisher Stevens
as Ben Jabituya

Ally Sheedy
as Stephanie Speck

Steve Guttenberg
as Newton Crosby

G.W. Bailey
as Skroeder

Austin Pendleton
as Howard Marner

Brian McNamara
as Frank

Tim Blaney
as Number 5 (voice)

Jack Thompson
as Party Guest

Robert Krantz
as Reporter

Marvin J. McIntyre
as Duke

Sergio Kato
as Frank

Barbara Tarbuck
as Senator Mills

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Short Circuit Collection

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Release date: 1986-05-09

Budget: $10,000,000

Revenue: $40,697,761

Runtime: 1h 38m

Genres

Science FictionComedyFamily

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