Title: The Toy
Tagline: When Jackie Gleason told his son he could have any present he wanted, he picked the most outrageous gift of all...Richard Pryor.
Genre: Comedy, Family
Director: Richard Donner
Status: Released
Release: 1982-12-10
Runtime: 102 Minutes
Plot: 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
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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
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