Short Circuit
- Released on
Science Fiction, Comedy, Family
•- Runtime
- 98 mins
(1461 votes)
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.
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.
Cast
- Ally Sheedy
- Steve Guttenberg
- Fisher Stevens
- Austin Pendleton
- G.W. Bailey
- Brian McNamara
- Tim Blaney
- Marvin J. McIntyre
- John Garber
- Penny Santon
- Vernon Weddle
- Barbara Tarbuck
- Tom Lawrence
- Fred Slyter
- Billy Ray Sharkey
- Robert Krantz
- Jan Speck
- Marguerite Happy
- Howard Krick
- Marjorie Card Hughes
- Herb Smith
- Jack Thompson
- William Striglos
- Mary Reckley
- Shay McLean
- Eleanor C. Heutschy
- Sergio Kato
Director
- John Badham
Producers
- David Foster
- Lawrence Turman
- Gregg Champion
