The Toy

Richard Donner
1982-12-10

When Jackie Gleason told his son he could have any present he wanted, he picked the most outrageous gift of all...Richard Pryor.
5.808
102 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Richard Pryor Jack Brown Unowned
Jackie Gleason Ulysses Simpson 'U.S.' Bates Unowned
Ned Beatty Sydney Morehouse Unowned
Scott Schwartz Eric Bates Unowned
Teresa Ganzel Fancy Bates Unowned
Wilfrid Hyde-White Barkley Unowned
Tony King Clifford Unowned
Annazette Chase Angela Unowned
Don Hood O'Brien Unowned
Karen Leslie-Lyttle Fraulein Unowned
Virginia Capers Ruby Simpson Unowned
Steve Kahan State Trooper Unowned
B.J. Hopper Geffran Unowned
Ray Spruell Senator Newcomb Unowned
Stocker Fontelieu District Attorney Russell Unowned
Robert Adams Store Executive Unowned