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Whoopi Goldberg, Stephen Collins, Jonathan Pryce, John Wood, James Belushi ... see more see more... , Carol Kane , Annie Potts , Peter Michael Goetz , Roscoe Lee Browne , Sara Botsford , Jeroen Krabbé , Vyto Ruginis , Tony Hendra , Jon Lovitz , June Chadwick , Tracey Ullman , Garry Marshall , Kim Chan , Teagan Clive , Kenneth Danziger , Anthony Hamilton , Eric Harrison , George Jenesky , Carl Labove , Matt Landers , Kellie Martin , Tom McDermott , Miguel A. Núñez Jr. , Julie Payne , Tracy Reiner , Jose Santana , Jamey Sheridan , Lynne Marie Stewart , Paxton Whitehead , Chino "Fats" Williams , Ren Woods , Bob Ernst , Bobcat Goldthwait , Phil Hartman , Michael McKean , Deanna Oliver , Gerry Connell , Edouard de Soto , Caroline Ducroca , Charles Dumas , Benji Gregory , Jeffrey Joseph , Heide Lund , Donna Ponterotto , J. Christopher Ross , Mark Rowen , Hilaury Stern , James Edgcomb

Penny Marshall in her feature film directing debut, four screenwriters, and a ebullient Whoopi Goldberg join forces to make Jumpin' Jack Flash, a modern espionage comedy. Goldberg plays Terry Doolittl... read more read more...e, a computer operator in a large New York City bank who picks up a cry of help on her computer. The signal is from a man who signs off as Jumpin' Jack Flash. Based on the Rolling Stones tune of that name, she figures out his secret password and opens up a Pandora's box of international intrigue. It seems Jack Flash is a pseudonym for a British agent who is trapped in Russia and desperate for information from the British Embassy that will help him escape. When Terry agrees to help him, the CIA, the KGB, British intelligence, and sundry other law enforcement organizations are all hot on her tail as she tries to help the beleaguered British agent. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 38 min.

Directed by: Penny Marshall

Release Date: October 10, 1986

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DVD Release Date: June 1, 2004

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  • fb100002359227440
    May 27, 2011
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    A Hitchcock plot, that is very good. But the screenplay don't help. Too silly to be good.
  • Chiefilms
    September 3, 2009
    Chiefilms
    Whoopi!! Not really that funny. She needs eyebrows.
  • 76Majikat
    August 19, 2009
    76Majikat
    A fun spy comedy, with a typical 80?s feel to it. Whoopi Goldberg is her usual overtalking fun self and the film makes for easy watching.
  • webalina
    July 6, 2009
    webalina
    I figure if I saw a film and the only thing I remember about it was that I saw it, I couldn't have been very impressed.
  • superclerk25
    April 25, 2008
    superclerk25
    Whoopi is funny in this flick which is funny but really close to being an action flick.
  • thmtsang
    July 21, 2007
    thmtsang
    Whoopi has to help a spy via computer.
  • garyX
    May 11, 2007
    garyX
    Yet another woeful outing for Whoopi, this time a "comedy" spy film. She's a one trick pony, and the projects she chose to get involved with are uniformly awful. Don't bother.
  • sanjurosamurai
    January 25, 2007
    sanjurosamurai
    decent whoopi flick
  • deano
    November 21, 2006
    deano
    Good comic spy caper with Whoopi Goldberg the programmer getting messages from an agent on her terminal.
  • xxdebxx
    April 24, 2010
    xxdebxx
    This is a hilarious movie about a bank employee who loves to play around with her computer and chat with people from different countries which often get her in trouble with her boss. One day she comes into contact with a mysterious British Intelligence agent who calls himself "J... read moreumpin' Jack Flash" who seems to be great danger. Terry tries to help her new friend out - but by doing so puts her own life in danger and this places bad guy Jeremy Talbot (John Wood) on her tail and gets her into a whole lot of hilarious trouble!! I found it funny and entertaining; Whoopi Goldberg puts in a great performance and the rest of the cast work well together.

    "Earl, look at this face. This is the face of a woman on the edge." "I know, my wife has that same face."

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James Plath
June 14, 2005
James Plath, Movie Metropolis

Lightweight but fun civilian-spy stuff.

Alex Sandell
May 28, 2004
Alex Sandell, Juicy Cerebellum

Good concept. Horrible movie.

Ken Hanke
August 21, 2002
Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Still Penny Marshall's least annoying movie

James Sanford
July 29, 2002
James Sanford, Kalamazoo Gazette

doesn't fully capitalize on Whoopi's comedic gifts

Nell Minow
July 25, 2002
Nell Minow, Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

Appealing in spite of itself.

March 26, 2009
Variety

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Vincent Canby
May 20, 2003
Vincent Canby, New York Times

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Paul Attanasio
January 1, 2000
Paul Attanasio, Washington Post

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Roger Ebert
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

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Rita Kempley
January 1, 2000
Rita Kempley, Washington Post

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