The Toy poster
Director Richard Donner
Screenplay Carol Sobieski

The Toy

Tagline: When U.S. Bates told his son he could have any present he wanted, he picked the most outrageous gift of all... Jack Brown.

Release Date: 1982-12-10

Duration: 102 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Ned Beatty
    Sydney Morehouse
  • Wilfrid Hyde-White
    Barkley
  • Jackie Gleason
    Ulysses Simpson 'U.S.' Bates
  • Teresa Ganzel
    Fancy Bates
  • Richard Pryor
    Jack Brown
  • Steve Kahan
    State Trooper
  • Scott Schwartz
    Eric Bates
  • Virginia Capers
    Ruby Simpson
  • Annazette Chase
    Angela
  • Stocker Fontelieu
    District Attorney Russell