Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
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.
- artificial intelligence (a.i.)
- lightning
- oregon
- usa
- robot
- military
- childlike
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Ally Sheedy
Stephanie Speck
Steve Guttenberg
Newton Crosby
Fisher Stevens
Ben Jabituya
Austin Pendleton
Howard Marner
- G.W. Bailey — Skroeder
- Brian McNamara — Frank
- Tim Blaney — Number 5 (voice)
- Marvin J. McIntyre — Duke
- John Garber — Otis
- Penny Santon — Mrs. Cepeda
- Vernon Weddle — General Washburne
- Barbara Tarbuck — Senator Mills
- Tom Lawrence — Howard Marner's Aide
- Fred Slyter — Norman
- Billy Ray Sharkey — Zack
- Directed
- John Badham
- Written
- Brent Maddock
Production
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 · 1,671 ratings
- Studio
- TriStar Pictures, PSO, The Turman-Foster Company
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1986 · You’re hereShort Circuit
Where it starts.
Short Circuit 2
1988
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.
