The Toy poster

The Toy

When Jackie Gleason told his son he could have any present he wanted, he picked the most outrageous gift of all...Richard Pryor.

Description: 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.

Genres: Comedy, Family

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Budget: $28,000,000 | Revenue : $47,118,057

Runtime: 102 minutes

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Richard Pryor

Played Jack Brown

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Jackie Gleason

Played Ulysses Simpson 'U.S.' Bates

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Ned Beatty

Played Sydney Morehouse

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Scott Schwartz

Played Eric Bates

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Teresa Ganzel

Played Fancy Bates

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Wilfrid Hyde-White

Played Barkley

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Tony King

Played Clifford

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Annazette Chase

Played Angela

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Don Hood

Played O'Brien

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Karen Leslie-Lyttle

Played Fraulein

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Virginia Capers

Played Ruby Simpson

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Steve Kahan

Played State Trooper

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B.J. Hopper

Played Geffran

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Ray Spruell

Played Senator Newcomb

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Stocker Fontelieu

Played District Attorney Russell

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Robert Adams

Played Store Executive

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