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Key Details

Release StatusReleased
Release Date1986-05-09
Languageen
Runtime1h 38m
Budget$10,000,000
Revenue$40,697,761
Production

TriStar Pictures, PSO, The Turman-Foster Company

6.7(1.7k)
•1986•1h 38m

Short Circuit

"Something wonderful has happened... No. 5 is alive."

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.

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