Jingle All the Way (1996)

November 21, 1996 (US) • Family, Adventure, Comedy • 89m

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.

Director

Brian Levant

Writer

Randy Kornfield

Top Billed

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Keywords

husband wife relationship holiday minnesota christmas party santa claus shopping mall puppet aftercreditsstinger christmas satirical father son relationship farce lighthearted hilarious slapstick

Where to watch

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Top Billed Cast

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Howard Langston

Sinbad

Myron Larabee

Phil Hartman

Ted Maltin

Rita Wilson

Liz Langston

Robert Conrad

Officer Hummell

Martin Mull

D.J.

Jake Lloyd

Jamie Langston

Jim Belushi

Mall Santa

E.J. De la Pena

Johnny

Laraine Newman

First Lady

Justin Chapman

Billy

Harvey Korman

President

Richard Moll

Dementor

Daniel Riordan

Turbo Man

Jeff L. Deist

T.V. Booster / Puppeteer

Nada Despotovich

Margaret

Ruth Afton Hjelmgren

Single Mother Judy

Caroline Kaiser

Single Mother Mary

Samuel B. Morris

Sensei

Shawn Hamilton

Sensei Assistant

Lewis Dauber

Toy Store Manager

Bill Schoppert

Father at Toy Store

Courtney Goodell

Little Girl at Toy Store

George Fisher

Daring Shopper

Chris Parnell

Toy Store Sales Clerk

Patrick Richwood

Toy Store Co-Worker

Kate McGregor-Stewart

Toy Store Customer

Marcus Toji

Little Boy with Car Remote

Steve Hendrickson

Father on Phone #1

Mo Collins

Mother on Phone

Peter Syvertsen

Father on Phone #2

John Rothman

Mall Toy Store Manager

Christopher Slater

Mall Toy Store Employee #1

Robert Southgate

Mall Toy Store Employee #2

Allison Benner

Toddler

Hayley Benner

Toddler

Sandra K. Horner

Toddler's Angry Mom

Phyllis Wright

Angry Mom #2

Marvette Knight

Angry Mom #3

Danny Woodburn

Tony the Elf

Bruce Bohne

Santa at Warehouse Door

Paul Wight

Huge Santa

Ron Gene Browne

Santa in Warehouse

Robert Tee Clark

Santa in Warehouse

James Riddle

Santa in Warehouse

Bill Wilson

Santa in Warehouse

Alan Blumenfeld

Cop at Santa's Warehouse

Traci Christofore

Little Girl Petting Reindeer

Sandra Lee-Oian Thomas

Mother in Neighborhood

Martin Ruben

Father in Neighborhood

Nick LaTour

Counterman

Peter Breitmayer

Sparky

Phil Morris

Gale Force

Marianne Muellerleile

Tow Truck Driver

Amy Pietz

Liza Tisch

Judy Sladky

Snoopy

Walter von Huene

Taxi Driver

Steve Van Wormer

Turbo Man Float Parade Worker

Curtis Armstrong

Chain Smoking Booster

Jim Meskimen

Police Officer at Parade

Martin Valinsky

Police Officer Escorting Myron

Rochelle Vallese

Girl at Parade

Deena Driskill

Barbie

Spencer Klein

Kid in Turbo Man Commercial

Danny Pritchett

Kid in Turbo Man Commercial

Rick Johnson

Kareem

Marc Ambrose

Balloon Wrangler (uncredited)

Greg Bronson

Toy Store Shopper (uncredited)

Sarah Cameron

Christmas Caroler (uncredited)

Susan Chambers

Frantic Shopper (uncredited)

Matthew Feeney

Curious Man (uncredited)

Anthony Fitzgerald

Christmas Caroler (uncredited)

Trish Gates

Store Clerk (uncredited)

Dan Griffin

Spectator (uncredited)

Brian Johnson

Christmas Caroler (uncredited)

Larissa Lowthorp

Silvia

David Andrew Nash

Christmas Caroler (uncredited)

Phaedra Neitzel

Santa's Helper (uncredited)

Jane Plank

Christmas Caroler (uncredited)

Yeardley Smith

Woman Who Flirts with Howie (uncredited)

Bobby Sussman

Parade Watcher (uncredited)

Joel Thingvall

Toy Store Shopper (uncredited)

Verne Troyer

Mini Santa (uncredited)

Carl Washington

Parade Watcher (uncredited)

Ryan Wotherspoon

Playground Attendant (uncredited)

Richard Steven Horvitz

Demon Team (voice)

Crew

Randy Kornfield

Screenplay

Michael Barnathan

Producer

David Newman

Original Music Composer

Chris Columbus

Producer

Victor J. Kemper

Director of Photography

Kent Beyda

Editor

Adam Weiss

Editor

Mark Radcliffe

Producer

Wilt Henderson

Editor

Brian Levant

Director

Billy D. Lucas

Stunt Double

Janet Brady

Stunts

Tony Epper

Stunts

Danny Epper

Stunts

Danny Wynands

Stunts

Joe Bucaro III

Stunts

John Bermudes

Compositors

Darrin Prescott

Stunts

Lane Leavitt

Stunts

Tom Elliott

Stunts

Jeremy Strong

Production Assistant

Erik Cord

Stunts

Gene LeBell

Stunts

Manny Perry

Stunts

Tim A. Davison

Stunts

Sandra Lee Gimpel

Stunts

Suzanne Smith

3D Animator

Warren Zide

Associate Producer

Tony Fanning

Supervising Art Director

James Mulay

Co-Producer

Steve Boyum

Second Unit Director

William Aldridge

Special Effects

Troy Brown

Stunts

Leslie McDonald

Production Design

Greg Cannom

Makeup Artist

Peter Burrell

Unit Production Manager

Paula DuPré Pesmen

Associate Producer

John H. Anderson

Set Decoration

Lou Angelo

Dialogue Editor

Jay Hurley

Costume Design

Katie Boyum

Stunts

Jeff Dawn

Makeup Department Head

Gary Stanek

Production Supervisor

Dale E. Anderson

Swing

Steve Buckingham

Stunts

Judy Taylor

Casting

Thomas Fichter

Art Direction

Ronald R. Reiss

Set Decoration

Sheila Evers

Makeup Artist

Bob Beemer

Recording Supervision

Ted Caplan

Foley Editor

Michael Key

Makeup Department Head

Jason Sweers

Graphic Designer

Richard Vane

Executive Producer

Collection

Jingle All the Way Collection

Jingle All the Way

Jingle All the Way 2

Reviews

Peter89Spencer

⭐ 9/10

November 30, 2020

A Christmas classic!

Andre Gonzales

⭐ 6/10

July 6, 2023

Your typical Christmas classic. A father waits to long to buy the most popular kids action figure turbo man. He goes out on Christmas eve to try to buy it and to no one's surprise, it is sold out.