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The Toy

United States of America

PG
1982-12-10(US)
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Comedy,
Family
▪ 1h-42m

59^%

User
Score

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.

Richard DonnerDirector
Carol SobieskiScreenplay
Phil FeldmanProducer
Bob HerronStunt Double
Margaret BoothAssociate Producer
Ray StarkProducer

Top Billed Cast

Richard Pryor

Jack Brown

Jackie Gleason

Ulysses Simpson 'U.S.' Bates

Ned Beatty

Sydney Morehouse

Scott Schwartz

Eric Bates

Teresa Ganzel

Fancy Bates

Wilfrid Hyde-White

Barkley

Tony King

Clifford

Annazette Chase

Angela

Don Hood

O'Brien

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A review by GenerationofSwine

10.0

Written by GenerationofSwine on 2023-01-12

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 h...

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