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The Toy
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Overview

User Rating:
5.3/10   3,676 votes
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Director:
Richard Donner
Writers:
Carol Sobieski (writer)
Francis Veber (book)
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Release Date:
10 December 1982 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Tagline:
When Jackie Gleason told his son he could have any present he wanted, he picked the most outrageous gift of all... Richard Pryor.
Plot:
An underemployed reporter finds himself literally purchased as a toy for a rich spoiled brat. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Richard Pryor: 1940-2005
 (From IMDb News. 10 December 2005)

Comedian Richard Pryor Dies at 65
 (From WENN. 9 December 2005)

User Comments:
Too Many Strings Attached. more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

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 ... David Barkley
Annazette Chase ... Angela
Tony King ... Clifford
Don Hood ... O'Brien
Karen Leslie-Lyttle ... Fräulein Hilda Hans
Virginia Capers ... Ruby D. Simpson
B.J. Hopper ... Geffran
Linda McCann ... Honey Russell
Ray Spruell ... Senator Newcomb
Stocker Fontelieu ... D. A. Russell
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Additional Details

Runtime:
102 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | German
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Scott Schwartz (who played Eric Bates) became a porn star later in life. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Jack Brown is on the phone in Master Bates's room, you can see that the phone has no cord going into the phone jack more
Quotes:
U.S. Bates: I only get Eric for a week each year.
Jack Brown: Then you should get better lawyers, you shouldn't have to have him that long.
U.S. Bates: It just so happens I love him.
Jack Brown: Frankly, Scarlet, I don't give a damn.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in "I Love the '80s Strikes Back" (2003) more
Soundtrack:
I Just Want To Be Your Friend more

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2 out of 4 people found the following comment useful:-
Too Many Strings Attached., 30 October 2002
Author: tfrizzell from United States

"The Toy" is a guilty pleasure more than anything else. It is fun to watch Richard Pryor and Jackie Gleason work together, but overall the film is way too disjointed and skewered in its messages to be a success. Unemployed news reporter Pryor is bought literally by Gleason to be a friend to Gleason's young son (Scott Schwartz). The boy is a brat, but soon Pryor befriends him and they begin to uncover Gleason's corruptive ways. Really hilarious at times, but still a few too many attempted messages to work by the final act. 2 stars out of 5.

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