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The Toy
Release: Dec 10, 1982
Runtime: 102 min.

 Rating: 5.875 out of 10

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.

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Cast


Richard Pryor
Richard Pryor
(as Jack Brown)
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Jackie Gleason
Jackie Gleason
(as Ulysses Simpson 'U.S.' Bates)
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Ned Beatty
Ned Beatty
(as Sydney Morehouse)
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Scott Schwartz
Scott Schwartz
(as Eric Bates)
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Teresa Ganzel
Teresa Ganzel
(as Fancy Bates)
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Wilfrid Hyde-White
Wilfrid Hyde-White
(as Barkley)
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Tony King
Tony King
(as Clifford)
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Annazette Chase
Annazette Chase
(as Angela)
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Don Hood
Don Hood
(as O'Brien)
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Karen Leslie-Lyttle
Karen Leslie-Lyttle
(as Fraulein)
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Virginia Capers
Virginia Capers
(as Ruby Simpson)
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Steve Kahan
Steve Kahan
(as State Trooper)
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B.J. Hopper
B.J. Hopper
(as Geffran)
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Ray Spruell
Ray Spruell
(as Senator Newcomb)
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Stocker Fontelieu
Stocker Fontelieu
(as District Attorney Russell)
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Robert Adams
Robert Adams
(as Store Executive)
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