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.
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12/10/1982Runtime
102 minsOverview
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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EnglishBudget
$28,000,000Revenue
$47,118,057Homepage
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A fish-out-of-water comedy that uses its absurd premise to explore an unlikely friendship between a lonely rich boy and a struggling man, with humor gradually giving way to genuine warmth and connection.
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