The Toy (1982)
"When Jackie Gleason told his son he could have any present he wanted, he picked the most outrageous gift of all...Richard Pryor."

Title: The Toy
Original Title: The Toy
Release Date: 1982-12-10
Status: Released
Rating: 5.816/10 (from 209 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Comedy, Family
Production Companies: Delphi Films, Columbia Pictures, Rastar Productions
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

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

Karen Leslie-Lyttle
Fraulein