Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Moderate
The story
Robot Johnny 5 moves to the city to help his friend Ben Jahrvi with his toy manufacturing enterprise, only to be manipulated by criminals who want to use him for their own nefarious purposes.
- helicopter
- robbery
- police
- hitman
- diamond
- boat
- hustler
- ranch
- invention
- punk rock
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Tim Blaney
Johnny Five (voice)
Fisher Stevens
Ben Jahrvi
Michael McKean
Fred Ritter
Cynthia Gibb
Sandy Banatoni
- Jack Weston — Oscar Baldwin
- Dee McCafferty — Saunders
- David Hemblen — Jones
- Don Lake — Manic Mike
- Damon D'Oliveira — Bones
- Tito Núñez — Zorro
- Jason Kuriloff — Lil Man
- Robert LaSardo — Spooky
- Lili Francks — Officer Mendez
- Wayne Best — Officer O'Malley
- Gerard Parkes — Priest
- Directed
- Kenneth Johnson
- Written
- S.S. Wilson, Brent Maddock
Production
- Rating
- 6.2 / 10 · 681 ratings
- Studio
- TriStar Pictures, The Turman-Foster Company
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1986Short Circuit
Where it starts.
Short Circuit 2
1988 · You’re here
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.
