Short Circuit (1986)
Something wonderful has happened... No. 5 is alive.
98 min
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.
- Release date
- May 9, 1986
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $10,000,000
- Box office
- $40,697,761
Trailer
Cast
- Ally Sheedy as Stephanie Speck
- Steve Guttenberg as Newton Crosby
- Fisher Stevens as Ben Jabituya
- Austin Pendleton as Howard Marner
- G.W. Bailey as Skroeder
- Brian McNamara as Frank
- Tim Blaney as Number 5
- Marvin J. McIntyre as Duke
- John Garber as Otis
- Penny Santon as Mrs. Cepeda
Crew
- John Badham · Director
- S.S. Wilson · Writer
- Brent Maddock · Writer
- David Foster · Producer
- Lawrence Turman · Producer
- David Shire · Composer
- Nick McLean · Cinematographer
- Jeff Jones · Editor
- Frank Morriss · Editor
- Dallas Puett · Editor
- Jane Feinberg · Casting director
- Mike Fenton · Casting director
- Judy Taylor · Casting director