The Toy
The Toy ★½ 1982 (PG)
Penniless reporter finds himself the new “toy” of the spoiled son of a multimillionaire oil man. Unfortunate casting of Pryor as the toy owned by Gleason, with heavyhanded lecturing about earning friends. Slow and terrible remake of the Pierre Richard comedy “Le Jouet.” 102m/C VHS, DVD . Richard Pryor, Jackie Gleason, Ned Beatty, Wilfrid HydeWhite, Scott Schwartz; D: Richard Donner; W: Carol Sobieski; C: Laszlo Kovacs; M: Patrick Williams.
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