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The Toy

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.

1982 |1h 42m |  Comedy, Family

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Cast

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Richard Pryor

Jack Brown

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Jackie Gleason

Ulysses Simpson 'U.S.' Bates

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Ned Beatty

Sydney Morehouse

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Scott Schwartz

Eric Bates

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Teresa Ganzel

Fancy Bates

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Wilfrid Hyde-White

Barkley

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Tony King

Clifford

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Don Hood

O'Brien

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Virginia Capers

Ruby Simpson

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Steve Kahan

State Trooper

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Stocker Fontelieu

District Attorney Russell

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Status

Released

Language

German, English

Budget

$28,000,000.00

Revenue

$47,118,057.00