The Toy

The Toy

102 mins | Comedy, Family | Dec. 10, 1982

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.

The Toy

102 mins | Comedy, Family | Dec. 10, 1982

The Toy
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.
IMDb rating 5.8
Producers Columbia Pictures, Rastar Films, Delphi Films
Original title The Toy
Directors Richard Donner
Writers Carol Sobieski

Cast

Richard Pryor

as Jack Brown

Jackie Gleason

as Ulysses Simpson 'U.S.' Bates

Ned Beatty

as Sydney Morehouse

Scott Schwartz

as Eric Bates

Teresa Ganzel

as Fancy Bates

Wilfrid Hyde-White

as Barkley

Tony King

as Clifford

Annazette Chase

as Angela

Don Hood

as O'Brien

Karen Leslie-Lyttle

as Fraulein

Virginia Capers

as Ruby Simpson

Steve Kahan

as State Trooper

B.J. Hopper

as Geffran

Ray Spruell

as Senator Newcomb

Stocker Fontelieu

as District Attorney Russell

Robert Adams

as Store Executive