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Jingle All the Way

Jingle All the Way

Two dads, one toy, no prisoners.

19966.11h 29m

Overview

Howard Langston, a salesman for a mattress company, is constantly kept busy at his job, disappointing his son. After he misses his son's karate exposition, Howard vows to make it up to him by buying an action figure of his son's favorite television hero for Christmas. Unfortunately for Howard, it is Christmas Eve, and every store is sold out of Turbo Man. Now, Howard must travel all over town and compete with everybody else to find a Turbo Man action figure.

Directed by Brian Levant
Written by Randy Kornfield
Produced by Michael Barnathan, Chris Columbus, Mark Radcliffe
Box OfficeBudget: $60.0MRevenue: $129.8M

Top Cast

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Howard Langston

Sinbad

Sinbad

Myron Larabee

Phil Hartman

Phil Hartman

Ted Maltin

Rita Wilson

Rita Wilson

Liz Langston

Robert Conrad

Robert Conrad

Officer Hummell

Martin Mull

Martin Mull

D.J.

Jake Lloyd

Jake Lloyd

Jamie Langston

Jim Belushi

Jim Belushi

Mall Santa

E

E.J. De la Pena

Johnny

Laraine Newman

Laraine Newman

First Lady

Themes & Keywords

husband wife relationshipholidayminnesotachristmas partysanta clausshopping mallpuppetaftercreditsstingerchristmassatiricalfather son relationshiplightheartedhilarious

About Jingle All the Way

Jingle All the Way is a family, comedy, adventure film released in 1996 exploring themes of husband wife relationship, holiday, minnesota, christmas party, santa claus, shopping mall. Directed by Brian Levant, it stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sinbad, Phil Hartman. Howard Langston, a salesman for a mattress company, is constantly kept busy at his job, disappointing his son. After he misses his son's karate exposition, Howard vows to make it up to him by buying an action figure of his son's favorite television hero for Christmas. Unfortunately for Howard, it is Christmas Eve, and every store is sold out of Turbo Man. Now, Howard must travel all over town and compete with everybody else to find a Turbo Man action figure.

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