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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.
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.
Where to watch The Toy
The Toy is streaming in the US on Howdy.
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Cast
- Richard Pryor as Jack Brown
- Jackie Gleason as Ulysses Simpson 'U.S.' Bates
- Ned Beatty as Sydney Morehouse
- Scott Schwartz as Eric Bates
- Teresa Ganzel as Fancy Bates
- Wilfrid Hyde-White as Barkley
- Tony King as Clifford
- Annazette Chase as Angela
- Don Hood as O'Brien
- Karen Leslie-Lyttle as Fraulein
- Virginia Capers as Ruby Simpson
- Steve Kahan as State Trooper
Details
- Director
- Richard Donner
- Released
- December 10, 1982
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Genres
- Comedy, Family
- Studio
- Delphi Films, Columbia Pictures and Rastar Productions
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 5.9 / 10 from 236 votes
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