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The Toy (1982)

PG12/10/1982Comedy, Family1h 42m
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When Jackie Gleason told his son he could have any present he wanted, he picked the most outrageous gift of all...Richard Pryor.

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Richard Pryor

    Jack Brown

  2. Cast 1

    Jackie Gleason

    Ulysses Simpson 'U.S.' Bates

  3. Cast 1

    Ned Beatty

    Sydney Morehouse

  4. Cast 1

    Scott Schwartz

    Eric Bates

  5. Cast 1

    Teresa Ganzel

    Fancy Bates

  6. Cast 1

    Wilfrid Hyde-White

    Barkley

  7. Cast 1

    Tony King

    Clifford

  8. Cast 1

    Annazette Chase

    Angela

  9. Cast 1

    Don Hood

    O'Brien

In "I Am Richard Pryor" they kind of blasted this movie as being horrible....And here I am thinking it was a beloved childhood classic. They won't remake it now, the PC police would be all over them...despite the fact that it was Richard Pryor and he was BLM long before there was a BLM. And, honestly, I can see how the people that made "I Am Richard Pryor" would look down on this, I mean...it's childish. But it's also childish fun, and just because Pryor is cleaning things up a bit for the film, just because he's not vulgar and not dropping the N-bomb every few seconds doesn't mean he...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$28,000,000.00

Revenue $47,118,057.00

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