Richard Pryor, Jackie Gleason, Scott Shwartz, Teresa Ganzel and Ned Beatty star in Richard Donner's 1982 comedy. Jack Brown (Pryor) is a writer who needs a job to make a down payment on his house and wants to be a reporter for millionaire, U.S. Bates (Gleason). He gets a job working as a cleaner for U.S. until his spoiled son, Eric (Schwartz) notices him goofing around and decides to buy him as a toy. U.S. learns what Eric has done and makes a deal with Jack to play with Eric for a week earning $10,000. Jack gets practical jokes thrown at him, but gets close with Eric and helps him and U.S. with their troubled relationship in the process. Ganzel plays Eric's stepmother, Fancy and Beatty plays Morehouse, one of U.S.' right hand men. I've liked this since I was a kid, Richard and Jackie were great in it together and I recommend this good 80's comedy.
Review of The Toy
