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.
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.
- Release date
- April 15, 1983
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $28,000,000
- Box office
- $47,118,057
Trailer
Cast
- Richard Pryor as Jack Brown
- Jackie Gleason as U.S. Bates
- Ned Beatty as Mr. Morehouse
- Scott Schwartz as Eric Bates
- Teresa Ganzel as Fancy Bates
- Wilfrid Hyde-White as Barkley
- Annazette Chase as Angela
- Tony King as Clifford
- Don Hood as O'Brien
- Karen Leslie-Lyttle as Fraulein
Crew
- Richard Donner · Director
- Francis Veber · Writer
- Carol Sobieski · Writer
- Phil Feldman · Producer
- Ray Stark · Producer
- Patrick Williams · Composer
- László Kovács · Cinematographer
- Richard A. Harris · Editor
- Michael A. Stevenson · Editor
- Pennie DuPont · Casting director
- Charles Rosen · Production designer