The Toy(1982)

PGComedy, Family1h 42m

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

Overview

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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Status: Released

Budget: $28,000,000Revenue: $47,118,057

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Top Billed Cast

  1. Richard Pryor

    Richard Pryor

    Jack Brown

  2. Jackie Gleason

    Jackie Gleason

    Ulysses Simpson 'U.S.' Bates

  3. Ned Beatty

    Ned Beatty

    Sydney Morehouse

  4. Scott Schwartz

    Scott Schwartz

    Eric Bates

  5. Teresa Ganzel

    Teresa Ganzel

    Fancy Bates

  6. Wilfrid Hyde-White

    Wilfrid Hyde-White

    Barkley

  7. Tony King

    Tony King

    Clifford

  8. Annazette Chase

    Annazette Chase

    Angela

  9. Don Hood

    Don Hood

    O'Brien

  10. Karen Leslie-Lyttle

    Karen Leslie-Lyttle

    Fraulein

  11. Virginia Capers

    Virginia Capers

    Ruby Simpson

  12. Steve Kahan

    Steve Kahan

    State Trooper

  13. B.J. Hopper

    Geffran

  14. Ray Spruell

    Senator Newcomb

  15. Stocker Fontelieu

    Stocker Fontelieu

    District Attorney Russell