Jingle All the Way (1996)

Workaholic mattress salesman Howard Langston (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is so busy at work that he constantly neglects his family and disappoints his son, Jamie (the future Anakin Skywalker, Jake Lloyd).

He vows to make it up to the boy by getting him a Turbo Man action figure – the #1 item on Jamie’s Christmas list.

Unfortunately, Howard has left it until Christmas Eve, and every store is sold out.

Now he must travel all over town and compete with everybody else, including a mailman named Myron Larabee (Sinbad), to find one.

Howard and Myron run into each other all over town in an increasingly violent race to obtain the action figure.

The two rival fathers spend the day actively sabotaging each other, clashing with angry mobs, fleeing a suspicious police officer (Robert Conrad), and infiltrating a shady ring of counterfeit toy-manufacturing Santas headed up by Jim Belushi.

The movie climaxes during the Holiday Wintertainment Parade, where Howard accidentally becomes the star of the show while trying to steal a Turbo Man toy for his son.

Rita Wilson plays Howard’s increasingly exasperated wife, Liz. Their divorced neighbour, Ted (who lusts after Liz), is played by Phil Hartman.

Though the Christmas family comedy film originally received mixed critical reception, it grossed $129.8 million worldwide and has since become a beloved, heavily quoted holiday-season cult classic.

Howard Langston
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Myron Larabee
Sinbad
Ted Maltin
Phil Hartman
Liz Langston
Rita Wilson
Officer Hummell
Robert Conrad
DJ
Martin Mull
Jamie Langston
Jake Lloyd
Mall Santa
Jim Belushi
Johnny
E.J. De La Pena
President
Harvey Korman
First Lady
Laraine Newman
Billy
Justin Chapman
Dementor
Richard Moll
Turbo Man
Daniel Riordan
Margaret
Nada Despotovich
Single Mother Judy
Ruth Afton Hjelmgren
Single Mother Mary
Caroline Kaiser
Sensei
Samuel B. Morris
Sensei Assistant
Shawn Hamilton
Booster
Curtis Armstrong
Sparky
Peter Breitmayer
Tow Truck Driver
Marianne Muellerleile
Gale Force
Phil Morris
Liza Tisch
Amy Pietz
Snoopy
Judy Sladky

Director
Brian Levant