The Toy overview

The Toy

Synopsis:

In The Toy, director Richard Donner and screenwriter Carol Sobieski update the 1976 Pierre Richard farce Le Jouet as a vehicle for comedian Richard Pryor. Pryor stars as out-of-work journalist Jack Brown, who's hit with the sudden realization that his idle book writing won't pay a 10,000-dollar sum necessary to keep his house from going to auction. Desperate, he is improbably hired as a cleaning lady in the offices of rich businessman and newspaper magnate U.S. Bates (Jackie Gleason).


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Movie Details:

  • Director: Richard Donner
  • Studio: Columbia Pictures, Rastar
  • Year: 1982
  • Run Time: 99 minutes
  • Country: USA
  • Language: English
  • MPAA Rating: PG
  • Category: Feature
  • Genre/Type: Comedy
  • Filmed in: Color