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The Toy

The Toy
★ 5.9/10•1982•1h 42m•PG•Comedy•Family

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

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.

Richard Donner · Director

Carol Sobieski · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 42m
LanguageEN
Release DateDec 10, 1982
Budget$28,000,000
Revenue$47,118,057

Actors

Richard Pryor

Richard Pryor

Jack Brown

Jackie Gleason

Jackie Gleason

Ulysses Simpson 'U.S.' Bates

Ned Beatty

Ned Beatty

Sydney Morehouse

Scott Schwartz

Scott Schwartz

Eric Bates

Teresa Ganzel

Teresa Ganzel

Fancy Bates

Wilfrid Hyde-White

Wilfrid Hyde-White

Barkley

Tony King

Tony King

Clifford

Annazette Chase

Annazette Chase

Angela

Don Hood

Don Hood

O'Brien

Karen Leslie-Lyttle

Karen Leslie-Lyttle

Fraulein

Virginia Capers

Virginia Capers

Ruby Simpson

Steve Kahan

Steve Kahan

State Trooper

B.J. Hopper

Geffran

Ray Spruell

Senator Newcomb

Stocker Fontelieu

Stocker Fontelieu

District Attorney Russell

Robert Adams

Store Executive

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