Short Circuit Plot Summary and Details

Plot

Struck by lightning, an endearing little robot known only as "Number 5" escapes from an experimental electronics firm. Technician Newton Crosby (Steve Guttenberg) and his indecipherable East Indian assistant, Ben Jabituya (Fisher Stevens), set out to locate Number 5 before the military can go through with its plans to destroy the robot. Number 5 takes refuge with loopy Stephanie Speck (Ally Sheedy), who is convinced that the mechanical man is an extraterrestrial. Hoping to teach the "alien" all about Earth, she fills Number 5's memory banks with reams of pop culture -- and then the real fun begins.

MPAA Rating:

Genre(s):

Comedy

Run Time:

98min.

Theatrical Release Date:

07/25/1991

DVD Release Date:

09/19/2000

Distributor(s):

Tri-Star Pictures

Director(s):