该电影由丹尼·赫斯顿执导，安东尼·爱德华兹、罗伯特·米彻姆、劳伦·白考尔、哈利·戴恩·斯坦通、安杰丽卡·休斯顿、玛丽·斯图尔特·马斯特森、维吉妮娅·马德森、谭美·格兰姆斯、大卫·沃纳、亨特·卡森、克里斯托弗·迪朗、马克·梅特卡夫、凯瑟琳·霍顿、克里斯多福·劳福德、艾伦·汉密尔顿.尼森、玛丽埃塔·特里、玛拉·克拉克、迪克杜洛克、埃尔·鲁本、亚美利哥·普雷休蒂、Richard Woods、Harriet Rogers、Cleveland Amory、Richard Kneeland、John Mulqueeney、Seth T. Wa等主演，于1988年上映。在94分钟的叙事中，《会发电的小子》（又名：痞子大亨、碰碰俏郎君）Mr. North, a stranger to a small, but wealthy, Rhode Island town, quickly has rumors started about him that he has the power to heal people’s ailments. The rumors are magnified by his tendency to collect negative charges and give shocks to anyone he touches. In his adventures he befriends an old man who is a shut-in and helps him rediscover the world.