A Simple Wish

Jul 11, 1997 | IMDB 5.5

86 min Watch Now

Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy

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. Unfortunately, Murray's magic wand is broken and the fairies convention is threatened by evil witches Claudia and Boots.

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Martin Short, Kathleen Turner, Mara Wilson, Robert Pastorelli, Deborah Odell, Francis Capra, Ruby Dee, Amanda Plummer, Teri Garr, Jonathan Hadary

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