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.”
1982•PG•1h 42m•5.9•Released
ComedyFamily
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.
Director
Richard Donner
Writer
Carol Sobieski
Budget
$28M
Revenue
$47M
Languages
German, English
Studio
Delphi Films
Cast
Richard Pryor
Jack Brown
Jackie Gleason
Ulysses Simpson 'U.S.' Bates
Ned Beatty
Sydney Morehouse
Scott Schwartz
Eric Bates
Teresa Ganzel
Fancy Bates
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Barkley
Tony King
Clifford
Annazette Chase
Angela
Don Hood
O'Brien
Karen Leslie-Lyttle
Fraulein
Virginia Capers
Ruby Simpson
Steve Kahan
State Trooper
B.J. Hopper
Geffran
Ray Spruell
Senator Newcomb
Stocker Fontelieu
District Attorney Russell
Production
Company
Delphi Films
Company
Columbia Pictures
Company
Rastar Productions
Producer
Phil Feldman
Producer
Ray Stark
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