The Toy (1982)

12/10/1982 1h 42m

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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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.

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Cast Ages at Release

Richard Pryor

as Jack Brown

Born 12/01/1940

Died 12/10/2005, age

Jackie Gleason

as Ulysses Simpson 'U.S.' Bates

Born 02/26/1916

Died 06/24/1987, age

Ned Beatty

as Sydney Morehouse

Born 07/06/1937

Died 06/13/2021, age

Teresa Ganzel

as Fancy Bates

Born 03/23/1957, age

Wilfrid Hyde-White

as Barkley

Born 05/12/1903

Died 05/06/1991, age

Steve Kahan

as State Trooper

Born 01/01/1930, age

Stocker Fontelieu

as District Attorney Russell

Born 05/05/1923

Died 12/14/2009, age