Short Circuit
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- Common Sense Age 10+
- Critics Consensus 61%
- HD
- CC
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- Comedy
- 1 Hour 38 Minutes
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4.5 • 34 Ratings
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An experimental military robot escapes after being struck by lightning and given human intelligence. He finds a home with madcap Stephanie Speck who believes he's an alien. Hot on their trail are scientists Newton Crosby and his assistant who must get to their creation before the army does, since its plan is to put Number 5 out of service permanently.
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- $9.99
An experimental military robot escapes after being struck by lightning and given human intelligence. He finds a home with madcap Stephanie Speck who believes he's an alien. Hot on their trail are scientists Newton Crosby and his assistant who must get to their creation before the army does, since its plan is to put Number 5 out of service permanently.
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- $9.99
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Ratings and Reviews
Critics Consensus: Amiable and good-natured but also shallow and predictable, Short Circuit is hardly as deep or emotionally resonant as E.T. -- though Johnny Five makes for a charming robot protagonist.
Funny, bullet-proof robot might charm older kids.
Cast & Crew
- Cast
- Fisher Stevens
- Steve Guttenberg
- Ally Sheedy
- G.W. Bailey
- Tim Blaney
- John Garber
- Marguerite Happy
- Eleanor C. Heutschy
- Majorie Card Hughes
- Sergio Kato
- Robert Krantz
- Howard Krick
- Tom Lawrence
- Marvin J. McIntyre
- Shay McLean
- Brian McNamara
- Austin Pendleton
- Mary Reckley
- Penny Santon
- Billy Ray Sharkey
- Fred Slyter
- Herb Smith
- Jan Speck
- William Striglos
- Barbara Tarbuck
- Jack Thompson
- Vernon Weddle
- Director
- John Badham
- Producers
- Mark Damon
- David Foster
- Gary Foster
- Dana Satler Hankins
- John W. Hyde
- Dennis E. Jones
- Lawrence Turman
- Screenwriter
- Brent Maddock
- S.S. Wilson
Information
- Studio
- Cinedigm
- Genre
- Comedy
- Released
- Copyright
- © 1985 TriStar Pictures, PSO
Languages
- Primary
- English (Dolby 5.1, Stereo, CC)
Accessibility
- CC
- Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.