An underemployed reporter finds himself literally purchased as a toy for a rich spoiled brat.An underemployed reporter finds himself literally purchased as a toy for a rich spoiled brat.An underemployed reporter finds himself literally purchased as a toy for a rich spoiled brat.
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- 1 win
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaRichard 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.
- GoofsWhen Jack is rolling in the inflatable wheel, during a closeup a crew member's hand appears from the right side of the screen to help balance the wheel.
- Quotes
Jack Brown: Angela! Jesus H. Christ!
Eric Bates: Is that her full name?
- Crazy creditsThe closing credits are shown aside four toy darts.
- ConnectionsFeatured in At the Movies: Pryor to Murphy (1983)
- SoundtracksI Just Want To Be Your Friend
Performed by Jeffrey Osborne
Music and Lyrics by Trevor Lawrence and Frank Musker
Featured review
When I was a kid I actually loved this movie, but now that I'm a man, I'm kinda horrified by "The Toy." A rich white man buys a black man for his spoiled son? Or at least rents a black man for his son. And they take baths together? Yikes! I love Pryor, but I have to assume he took this gig for the money to feed his notorious crack habit. Moral of this movie? If you're a rich white man you can buy a black man for your son. Can you imagine the firestorm of protest if this movie came out today? And oh yeah, the kid became a real life porn star!!!
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- Also known as
- Der Spielgefährte
- Filming locations
- 19050 Perkins Rd E, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA(Bates estate)
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Box office
- Budget
- $17,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $47,118,057
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $6,322,804
- Dec 12, 1982
- Gross worldwide
- $47,118,057
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