The Toy

The Toy is a 1982 film with Richard Pryor and Jackie Gleason. See the storyline, runtime (102 minutes) and complete cast list on 123movies. 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.