The Toy

The Toy is a 1982 comedy film starring Richard Pryor, Jackie Gleason, Ned Beatty and Scott Schwartz. It is an adaptation of the 1976 French film Le Jouet.

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Richard Pryor plays Jack Brown, a thirty-something African-American man living in New Orleans, Louisiana (or a suburb). Brown is an unemployed writer looking for work, and in danger of losing his house to the bank. After numerous unsuccessful attempts to get a job working for the local newspaper, the Bugle, he becomes desperate for a job and ends up taking one as a part-time hostess and "cleaning lady" for U.S. Bates (Jackie Gleason), who owns the paper and many other local businesses. Brown is humiliated as he clumsily attempts to serve food at a dinner party. He is quickly fired, but stubbornly stays in a department store owned by Bates to clean up that night.

1982: 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar....

Comedy film: A comedy film is a film laced with humor or that may seek to provoke laughter from the audience. Along with drama, horror and science fiction, comedy is one of the largest genres of the medium....

Richard Pryor: Richard Franklin Lenox Thomas Pryor (born December 1, 1940 in Peoria, Illinois) is an American comedian and actor....

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