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Rating: 3.5 stars

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The Toy (1982)

Directed by Richard Donner

Comedy

Overview

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.

Rated PG | Length 102 minutes

Actors

Richard Pryor | Jackie Gleason | Ned Beatty | Scott Schwartz | Teresa Ganzel | Wilfrid Hyde-White | Tony King | Annazette Chase | Don Hood | Karen Leslie-Lyttle | Virginia Capers | Steve Kahan | B.J. Hopper | Ray Spruell | Stocker Fontelieu | Robert Adams

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

It’s a charming movie if you strip away the slapstick stuff; another example of the 1980s rocking.

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