The Toy

Dec 10, 1982

1h 42m

★ 5.9

When Jackie Gleason told his son he could have any present he wanted, he picked the most outrageous gift of all...Richard Pryor.

Overview

On one of his bratty son Eric's annual visits, the plutocrat U.S. Bates takes him to his department store and offers him anything in it as a gift. Eric chooses a black janitor who has made him laugh with his antics. At first the man suffers many indignities as Eric's "toy", but gradually teaches the lonely boy what it is like to have and to be a friend.

Genres

Comedy

Family

Production Companies

Delphi Films

Columbia Pictures

Rastar Productions

The Toy Trailers

Cast

Jack Brown

Richard Pryor

Ulysses Simpson 'U.S.' Bates

Jackie Gleason

Sydney Morehouse

Ned Beatty

Eric Bates

Scott Schwartz

Fancy Bates

Teresa Ganzel

Barkley

Wilfrid Hyde-White

Clifford

Tony King

Angela

Annazette Chase

O'Brien

Don Hood

Fraulein

Karen Leslie-Lyttle

Ruby Simpson

Virginia Capers

State Trooper

Steve Kahan

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