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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.

  • Movie
  • 1982
  • PG
  • 1h 42m

Directed by Richard Donner

5.9

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5.9 out of 10 from 238 votes

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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.

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Cast and crew

  • Richard Pryor

    Richard PryorJack Brown

  • Jackie Gleason

    Jackie GleasonUlysses Simpson 'U.S.' Bates

  • Ned Beatty

    Ned BeattySydney Morehouse

  • Teresa Ganzel

    Teresa GanzelFancy Bates

  • Wilfrid Hyde-White

    Wilfrid Hyde-WhiteBarkley

  • Tony King

    Tony KingClifford

  • Annazette Chase

    Annazette ChaseAngela

  • Don Hood

    Don HoodO'Brien

  • Karen Leslie-Lyttle

    Karen Leslie-LyttleFraulein

  • Virginia Capers

    Virginia CapersRuby Simpson

  • Steve Kahan

    Steve KahanState Trooper

  • B.J. HopperGeffran

  • Ray SpruellSenator Newcomb

  • Stocker Fontelieu

    Stocker FontelieuDistrict Attorney Russell

  • Robert AdamsStore Executive

Director
Richard Donner
Writer
Carol Sobieski
Music
Patrick Williams
Cinematography
László Kovács