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The Toy

5.919821h 42mPGMovieComedyFamily

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…

DirectorRichard Donner
WriterCarol Sobieski
ProducersPhil Feldman·Ray Stark

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Cast · Directed by Richard Donner

RPRichard Pryor
Richard Pryor
Jack Brown
JGJackie Gleason
Jackie Gleason
Ulysses Simpson 'U.S.' Bates
NBNed Beatty
Ned Beatty
Sydney Morehouse
TGTeresa Ganzel
Teresa Ganzel
Fancy Bates
WHWilfrid Hyde-White
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Barkley
TKTony King
Tony King
Clifford
ACAnnazette Chase
Annazette Chase
Angela
DHDon Hood
Don Hood
O'Brien
KLKaren Leslie-Lyttle
Karen Leslie-Lyttle
Fraulein
VCVirginia Capers
Virginia Capers
Ruby Simpson
SKSteve Kahan
Steve Kahan
State Trooper
BH
B.J. Hopper
Geffran

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