A Simple Wish

A Simple Wish
1997AdventureComedyFamily86 mins
★★★★★

Plot

Murray is a male fairy godmother, and he is trying to help 8-year-old Anabel to fulfil her "simple wish" - that her father Oliver, who is a cab driver, would win the leading role in a Broadway musical. Unfortun... read more

  • Michael Ritchie

    Director

  • Jeff Rothberg

    Screenplay

  • Ralf D. Bode

    Director of Photography

  • William S. Scharf

    Editor

  • Martin Short

    Murray

  • Kathleen Turner

    Claudia

  • Mara Wilson

    Anabel Greening

  • Robert Pastorelli

    Oliver Greening

  • Deborah Odell

    Jeri

  • Francis Capra

    Charlie Greening

  • Ruby Dee

    Hortence

  • Amanda Plummer

    Boots

  • Teri Garr

    Rena

  • Jonathan Hadary

    Lord Richard

  • Alan Campbell

    Tony Sable

  • Lanny Flaherty

    Duane

  • Clare Coulter

    Ms. Bramble

  • Neil Foster

    Manny

  • Jaime Tirelli

    Joe

  • Jack McGee

    Officer O'York

  • Lillian Ritchie

    Schoolgirl

  • Miriam Ritchie

    Schoolgirl

  • Hans Dieter Trayer

    German Tourist (as H.D. Trayer)

  • Sabine Thomson

    German Tourist

  • Peter Linari

    German Tourist

  • Maja Niles

    German Tourist

  • David Crean

    Tony's Agent

  • Kwok-Wing Leung

    Grocer

  • Bunty Webb

    Fairy Godmother

  • Valerie Boyle

    Fairy Godmother

  • Barbara Stewart

    Fairy Godmother

  • Kathryn Kirkpatrick

    Fairy Godmother

  • Adam David

    Sable's Chauffeur

  • Rick Fox

    Pianist

  • Derek Carkner

    Shawn's Assistant

  • Henry Gomez

    Investor

  • Frankie Cee

    Vendor (as Frank Cee)

  • John Douglas Williams

    Paperboy

  • Sara Colton

    Tourist (uncredited)

  • Wayne McLaughlin

    Cab Driver (uncredited)

  • Moet Meira

    Rollerblader (uncredited)

  • Todd Stockman

    Jogger (uncredited)

    • Runtime

    86 minutes

    Released

    1997-07-11

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    The Bubble Factory

    Universal Pictures

    Sound

  • Bruce Broughton

    Original Music Composer

    • Updated

    453 days ago

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