"Where everything seems possible and nothing is what it seems."

1986

1h 42m

7.3(2553 votes)

Adventure

Family

Fantasy

Overview

When Sarah is forced to babysit her half-brother Toby, she inadvertently summons the Goblin King and he whisks Toby away to his castle at the centre of a labyrinth. Sarah enters into a bargain with the Goblin King where she is given just thirteen hours to solve the labyrinth and rescue Toby, or else lose him forever.

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Cast & Crew

88 members

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David Bowie

Jareth

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Jennifer Connelly

Sarah

Art

Toby Froud

Toby

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Shelley Thompson

Stepmother

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Christopher Malcolm

Father

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Brian Henson

Hoggle / Goblin (voice)

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David Shaughnessy

Didymus / The Hat

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Ron Mueck

Ludo / Firey 2 / Goblin (voice)

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Timothy Bateson

The Worm / Goblin (voice)

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Denise Bryer

The Junk Lady (voice)

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Dave Goelz

Didymus / The Hat / The Four Guards / Left Door Knocker / Firey 3 (voice)

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Karen Prell

The Worm / The Junk Lady / Firey 2

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David Alan Barclay

Didymus / Firey 1

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Frank Oz

The Wiseman

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Michael Hordern

The Wiseman (voice)

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Steve Whitmire

The Four Guards / Firey 4 / Ambrosius (voice)

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Kevin Clash

The Four Guards / Firey 1 / Ambrosius (voice)

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Natalie Finland

Fairy

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Shari Weiser

Hoggle

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Rob Mills

Ludo / Firey 3

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Anthony Asbury

The Four Guards / Right Door Knocker / Firey 5

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Anthony Jackson

The Four Guards / Goblin (voice)

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Douglas Blackwell

The Four Guards / Goblin (voice)

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David Healy

Right Door Knocker (voice)

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Robert Beatty

Left Door Knocker (voice)

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Toby Philpott

Firey 1

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Ian Thom

Firey 2

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Charles Augins

Firey 2 (voice)

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Sherry Amott

Firey 3

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Danny John-Jules

Firey 3 / Firey 4 (voice)

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Cheryl Henson

Firey 4

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Kaefan Shaw

Firey 4

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Alistair Fullarton

Firey 5

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Rollie Krewson

Firey 5

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Richard Bodkin

Firey 5 (voice)

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Percy Edwards

Ambrosius (voice)

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Michael Attwell

Goblin (voice)

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Sean Barrett

Goblin (voice)

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John Bluthal

Goblin (voice)

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Peter Marinker

Goblin (voice)

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Kerry Shale

Goblin (voice)

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Marc Antona

Goblin Corps

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Kenny Baker

Goblin Corps

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Danny Blackner

Goblin Corps

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Peter Burroughs

Goblin Corps

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Toby Denver Clark

Goblin Corps

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Tessa Crockett

Goblin Corps

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Warwick Davis

Goblin Corps

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Malcolm Dixon

Goblin Corps

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Anthony Georghiou

Goblin Corps

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Paul Grant

Goblin Corps

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John Key

Goblin Corps

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Andrew Herd

Goblin Corps

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Richard Jones

Goblin Corps

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Jack Purvis

Goblin Corps

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Mark Lisle

Goblin Corps

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Peter Mandell

Goblin Corps

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Linda Spriggs

Goblin Corps

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Katie Purvis

Goblin Corps

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Nicholas Read

Goblin Corps

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Albert Wilkinson

Goblin Corps

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Penny Stead

Goblin Corps

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Michael Henbury Ballan

Goblin Corps

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Elfrida Ashworth

Ballroom Dancer

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Margaret Foyer

Ballroom Dancer

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Elizabeth A. Gilbert

Ballroom Dancer

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Louise Gold

Ballroom Dancer

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Moira Grant

Ballroom Dancer

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San Lee

Ballroom Dancer

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Janis Mackintosh

Ballroom Dancer

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Penny Marsden

Ballroom Dancer

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Kim Mendez

Ballroom Dancer

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Wendy Millward

Ballroom Dancer

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Leonie Palette

Ballroom Dancer

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Crew

Caroline Pope

Ballroom Dancer

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Sharon White

Ballroom Dancer

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John Aron

Ballroom Dancer

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Terry Dane

Ballroom Dancer

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Derek Hartley

Ballroom Dancer

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Douglas Howes

Ballroom Dancer

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Christopher Preston

Ballroom Dancer

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Peter Salmon

Ballroom Dancer

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Peter Sim

Ballroom Dancer

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Graeme Sneddon

Ballroom Dancer

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Graham Tudor-Phillips

Ballroom Dancer

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David Turner

Ballroom Dancer

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Barrie J. Wilkinson

Ballroom Dancer

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Directing

Jim Henson

Goblins (uncredited)

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