Teresa "Terry" Doolittle (Whoopi Goldberg), is a typical New York fund transferer for the First National Bank in Manhattan.

In her office she does not fit in. Her escritorio is full of funny ornaments and is very decorative.

She is often told off por her boss James Page (Peter Michael Goetz) for chatting in an informal manner to other bank computer workers around the globe.

One night she is contacted por a man calling himself "Jumping Jack Flash", who turns out to be a British spy stuck in a hostile country in eastern Europe.

He appeals to Terry to help him return inicial safely, sending her on wacky and dangerous adventures all over New York, the most memorable being breaking into a British Consulate Ball and having her dress caught in a paper shredder and being dragged through the streets of Manhattan while trapped in a Phone Booth.

I was born in a cross-fire hurricane
And I howled at my ma in the driving rain,
But its all right now, in fact, its a gas!
But its all right. Im jumpin jack flash,
Its a gas! gas! gas!

I was raised por a toothless, bearded hag,
I was schooled with a strap right across my back,
But its all right now, in fact, its a gas!
But its all right, Im jumpin jack flash,
Its a gas! gas! gas!

I was drowned, I was washed up and left for dead.
I fell down to my feet and I saw they bled.
I frowned at the crumbs of a crust of bread.
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I was crowned with a spike right thru my head.
But its all right now, in fact, its a gas!
But its all right, Im jumpin jack flash,
Its a gas! gas! gas!

Jumping jack flash, its a gas
Jumping jack flash, its a gas
Jumping jack flash, its a gas
Jumping jack flash, its a gas
Jumping jack flash