# Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986)

> A quick-witted bank computer worker is pulled into a deadly Cold War spy plot when a mysterious correspondent asks her to save his life.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/5984

## Facts

- Runtime: 105 min
- Genres: Romance, Comedy, Thriller
- Director: Penny Marshall
- Cast: Whoopi Goldberg, Stephen Collins, John Wood, Carol Kane, Annie Potts, Peter Michael Goetz, Roscoe Lee Browne, Sara Botsford
- TMDB rating: 6.1/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091306/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: witty, energetic, suspenseful, lighthearted movie night, 1980s nostalgia

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- [Private Benjamin (1980)](https://ember.film/movie/5821)

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