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Synopsis
Some college students manage to persuade the town's big businessman, A. J. Arno, to donate a computer to their college. When the problem- student, Dexter Riley, tries to fix the computer, he gets an electric shock and his brain turns to a computer; now he remembers everything he reads. Unfortunately, he also remembers information which was in the computer's memory, like Arno's illegal businesses..
Ratings
IMDb6/10
Rotten Tomatoes57%
Metacritic54/100
168 audience votes
Key crew
- Robert ButlerDirector
- Joseph L. McEveetyWriter
- Robert F. BrunnerOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Kurt RussellDexter Riley
- Cesar RomeroA.J. Arno
- Joe FlynnDean Higgins
- William SchallertProfessor Quigley
- Alan HewittDean Collingsgood
- Richard BakalyanChillie Walsh
- Debbie PaineAnnie
- Frank WelkerHenry
- Frank WebbPete
- Michael McGreeveySchuyler
- Jon ProvostBradley
- Bing RussellAngelo
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Themes
computercollegequizfriendsfamilythunderstormcollege studenthuman vs computer