The Toy
1982 · Movie · 102 min. · United States
On one of his bratty son Eric's annual visits, the plutocrat U.S. Bates (Jackie Gleason) takes him to his department store and offers him anything in it as a gift. Eric chooses a black janitor (Richard Pryor) 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.
Direction Richard Donner
Cast Richard Pryor · Jackie Gleason · Ned Beatty · Scott Schwartz · Teresa Ganzel · Wilfrid Hyde-White
Soundtrack Patrick Williams
Screenplay Francis Veber · Carol Sobieski
Cinematography László Kovács
Original title The Toy
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2K votes (FilmAffinity)
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