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Short Circuit (1986)

Directed by John Badham

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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.

Rated PG | Length 98 minutes

Actors

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