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09/10/1986 Romance, Comedy, Thriller 1h 45m
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A man named Jack has got her jumpin' and the world may never be the same!

Overview

Terry works for a bank, and uses computers to communicate with clients all over the world. One day, she gets a strange coded message from an unknown source. After decoding the message, Terry becomes embroiled in an espionage ring. People are killed, and Terry is chased. Throughout, she remains in contact with this mysterious person, who needs Terry's help save his life.

  1. Penny Marshall

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Whoopi Goldberg

    Terry Dolittle

  2. Stephen Collins

    Marty Phillips

  3. John Wood

    Jeremy Talbott

  4. Carol Kane

    Cynthia

  5. Annie Potts

    Liz Carlson

  6. Peter Michael Goetz

    Mr. Page

  7. Roscoe Lee Browne

    Archer Lincoln

  8. Sara Botsford

    Lady Sarah Billings

  9. Jeroen Krabbé

    Mark Van Meter

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2019-01-02
Are you on some kind of medication?

It was a production beset with problems, a change of director (Penny Marshall replacing the jettisoned Howard Zieff) and enough script writers used to fill out a hockey team. So it's unsurprising to find that Jumpin' Jack Flash is a bit muddled, not fully formed as it were.

Plot finds Whoopi Goldberg as a computer programmer thrust into a world of espionage when a plea for help appears on her monitor. Cue Whoopi following instructions from a guy claiming to be trapped in Eastern Europe, which of course leads to a number of fun scenes as she bluffs he...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$18,000,000.00

Revenue
$29,844,101.00

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