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#14 Box Office Hit of 1982

The Toy (1982)

"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.

Cast

  • Richard Pryor

    Jack Brown

    Richard Pryor

  • Jackie Gleason

    Ulysses Simpson 'U.S.' Bates

    Jackie Gleason

  • Ned Beatty

    Sydney Morehouse

    Ned Beatty

  • Scott Schwartz

    Eric Bates

    Scott Schwartz

  • Teresa Ganzel

    Fancy Bates

    Teresa Ganzel

  • Wilfrid Hyde-White

    Barkley

    Wilfrid Hyde-White

  • Tony King

    Clifford

    Tony King

  • Annazette Chase

    Angela

    Annazette Chase

  • Don Hood

    O'Brien

    Don Hood

  • Karen Leslie-Lyttle

    Fraulein

    Karen Leslie-Lyttle

  • Virginia Capers

    Ruby Simpson

    Virginia Capers

  • Steve Kahan

    State Trooper

    Steve Kahan

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