The Toy
“When Jackie Gleason told his son he could have any present he wanted, he picked the most outrageous gift of all...Richard Pryor.”
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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Cast
16 people
Richard Pryor
Jack Brown
Known for
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
Superman III
Jackie Gleason
Ulysses Simpson 'U.S.' Bates
Known for
The Hustler
Smokey and the Bandit II
Ned Beatty
Sydney Morehouse
Known for
Rango
Toy Story 3
Scott Schwartz
Eric Bates
Known for
A Christmas Story
Teresa Ganzel
Fancy Bates
Known for
Tom & Jerry Kids Show
Transylvania 6-5000
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Barkley
Known for
My Fair Lady
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Tony King
Clifford
Known for
Raiders of Atlantis
Cannibal Apocalypse
Annazette Chase
Angela
Known for
Truck Turner
The Mack
Don Hood
O'Brien
Known for
Pretty Baby
Obsession
Karen Leslie-Lyttle
Fraulein
Also in
Death Play
Mini Weekend
Virginia Capers
Ruby Simpson
Known for
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Beethoven's 2nd
Steve Kahan
State Trooper
Known for
Lethal Weapon 3
Conspiracy Theory
Richard Donner Director · Carol Sobieski Screenplay Patrick Williams Composer
Worldwide gross $47M · Budget $28M · United States release December 10, 1982
Box office
Budget
$28,000,000
Worldwide gross
$47,118,057
Gross vs. budget
1.7×
Production
Delphi Films
Production
Columbia Pictures
Production · Studio
Rastar Productions
Production
Rastar Films
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · German
Release dates
United States · December 10, 1982
Theatrical
France
March 30, 1983 · Theatrical
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