The Toy
The Toy

The Toy

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

5.9(217 votes)
1982
1h 42m
Comedy
Family

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.

Production

Delphi Films, Columbia Pictures, Rastar Productions

Cast

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

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