The Toy
An underemployed reporter finds himself literally purchased as a toy for a rich spoiled brat.
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Released
- 1982
- Country
- United States
Details
Release year: 1982
Storyline
An underemployed reporter finds himself literally purchased as a toy for a rich spoiled brat.
Top credits
Richard Pryor ā Jack Brown
Jackie Gleason ā U.S. Bates
Ned Beatty ā Mr. Morehouse
Scott Schwartz ā Eric Bates
Did you know
ā¢ Richard Pryor wrote favorably of his working relationship with Jackie Gleason in his autobiography. He said that the stories Gleason told on set were funnier than anything in the film.
ā¢ During filming, Jackie Gleason taught Scott Schwartz how to shoot pool.
ā¢ In his E! True Hollywood Story (1996) bio, Scott Schwartz said that the hardest part of making this movie was working with Jackie Gleason. Schwartz was trained to memorize his lines, and Gleason's improvisations threw him off, resulting in Gleason yelling at him.
Box Office
Gross (Domestic): $47,118,057
Opening Weekend (Domestic): $6,322,804 (1982-12-12)
User reviews
A fun movie from the 80's that got taken too seriously
Went totally in the wrong direction...
Richard Pryor is a very funny man
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
- Color
- Color
