About Short Circuit
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.
Movie details
- Release date
- 1986-05-09
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Genres
- Science Fiction, Comedy, Family
- Rating
- 6.7/10 (1,621 votes)
- Language
- EN
- Country
- United States of America
- Director
- John Badham
- Writers
- Brent Maddock, S.S. Wilson
Cast
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Short Circuit (1986) has a rating of 6.7/10 based on 1,621 viewer votes on TMDB.
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