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The Toy (1982) [PG]

Release Date:
December 10, 1982

Original Title:
The Toy

Alternate Titles:
'n Knotsgek Kado

Genres:
Comedy | Family

Production Companies:
Columbia Pictures
Delphi Films
Rastar Productions

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
FR: TP  US: PG 

Runtime: 102

When Jackie Gleason told his son he could have any present he wanted, he picked the most outrageous gift of all...Richard Pryor.

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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.

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Associate Producer:
Margaret Booth

Costume Design:
Moss Mabry

Director:
Richard Donner

Director of Photography:
László Kovács

Editor:
Michael A. Stevenson
Richard A. Harris

Hairstylist:
Robert L. Stevenson
Yolanda Toussieng

Makeup Artist:
Tony Lloyd
Ken Chase

Original Music Composer:
Patrick Williams

Producer:
Phil Feldman
Ray Stark

Production Design:
Charles Rosen

Screenplay:
Carol Sobieski

Set Decoration:
Marvin March

Special Effects:
Thomas R. Ward

Special Effects Supervisor:
Phil Cory

Stunt Double:
Bob Herron

Visual Effects:
Hans Metz

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