- HD 1080
- Runtime: 98m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: John Badham
- Stars: Ally Sheedy, Steve Guttenberg, Fisher Stevens, Austin Pendleton, G.W. Bailey
- keywords: artificial intelligence (a.i.), lightning, oregon, usa, robot, military, childlike
- Production_studio: TriStar Pictures, PSO, The Turman-Foster Company
- Slogan: Something wonderful has happened... No. 5 is alive.
- The Short Circuit is featured in the top rankings of 1986
- #29 in Top Comedy Movies of 1986
- #5 in Top Family Movies of 1986
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.
