Babes in Toyland

Dec 19, 1986

1h 35m

★ 5.5

Overview

11-year-old Lisa has no time for toys; she's too busy taking care of her siblings and cooking for her mother. During the Christmas Eve blizzard, Lisa travels to Toyland in Wizard of Oz-like fashion and arrives just in time for a wedding. Young Mary Contrary is about to marry mean, old Barnaby Barnacle, despite the fact that she loves Jack Be Nimble. Lisa tries to stop this terrible wedding and, together with her new friends, discovers that Barnaby wants to take over Toyland. Lisa, Mary, Jack, and Georgie Porgie ask the Toymaster for help, but he can't help them as long as Lisa doesn't truly believe in toys.

Genres

Family

Fantasy

TV Movie

Adventure

Production Companies

Bavaria Film

Orion Television

The Finnegan Company

Finnegan/Pinchuk Productions

Babes in Toyland Trailers

Cast

Lisa Piper

Drew Barrymore

Barnie / Barnaby Barnicle

Richard Mulligan

Mrs. Piper / Widow Hubbard

Eileen Brennan

Jack Fenton / Jack-be-Nimble

Keanu Reeves

The Toymaster

Pat Morita

Mary Piper / Mary Contrary

Jill Schoelen

George / Georgie Porgie

Googy Gress

Justice Grimm

Walter Buschhoff

Trollog

Shari Weiser

Zack

Rolf Knie

Mack

Gaston Haeni

Jack in the Box

Pipo Sosman

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