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59% Critic Match
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.”
5.9 / 10• 1982• 1h 42m•PG• English
ComedyFamily
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Richard Pryor
Jack Brown
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Richard Donner's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Toy is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
