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.

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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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Creators

Richard Donner

director

Carol Sobieski

writer

Francis Veber

writer

Cast

Richard Pryor actor Jackie Gleason actor Ned Beatty actor Scott Schwartz actor Teresa Ganzel actor Wilfrid Hyde-White actor Tony King actor

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Annazette Chase actor Don Hood actor

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Karen Leslie-Lyttle actor Virginia Capers actor

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Steve Kahan actor

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B.J. Hopper actor

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Ray Spruell actor

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Stocker Fontelieu actor

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Robert Adams actor