Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 78 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Mild
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
John Brown is a bumbling but well-intentioned security guard who is badly injured in an explosion planned by an evil mastermind. He is taken to a laboratory, where Brenda, a leading robotics surgeon, replaces his damaged limbs with state-of-the-art gadgets and tools. Named "Inspector Gadget" by the press, John -- along with his niece, Penny, and her trusty dog, Brain -- uses his new powers to discover who was behind the explosion.
- police
- detective
- superhero
- gadget
- nerd
- villain
- slapstick comedy
- based on cartoon
- scientist
- super villain
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Matthew Broderick
John Brown / Inspector Gadget / Robo Gadget
Rupert Everett
Sanford Scolex / Dr. Claw
Joely Fisher
Brenda / Robobrenda
Michelle Trachtenberg
Penny
- Andy Dick — Kramer
- Cheri Oteri — Mayor Wilson
- Mike Hagerty — Sikes
- Dabney Coleman — Chief Quimby
- D.L. Hughley — Gadgetmobile (voice)
- René Auberjonois — Artemus Bradford
- Frances Bay — Thelma
- Mr. T — Mr. T
- Richard Kiel — Famous Big Guy with Silver Teeth
- Richard Lee-Sung — Famous Villain with Deadly Hat
- Bobby Bell — Famous Identifier of Sea Planes
- Directed
- David Kellogg
- Written
- Zak Penn, Dana Olsen, Kerry Ehrin
Production
- Rating
- 4.5 / 10 · 1,359 ratings
- Studio
- DiC Entertainment, Walt Disney Pictures, Caravan Pictures, Avnet/Kerner Productions, Roger Birnbaum Productions
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
