On one of his bratty son Eric's annual visits, the plutocrat U.S. Bates takes him to his department store and offers him anything in it as a gift. Eric chooses a black janitor who has made him laugh with his antics. At first the man suffers many indignities as Eric's "toy", but gradually teaches the lonely boy what it is like to have and to be a friend.
Cast
Richard Pryor
Jack Brown
Jackie Gleason
Ulysses Simpson 'U.S.' Bates
Ned Beatty
Sydney Morehouse
Scott Schwartz
Eric Bates
Teresa Ganzel
Fancy Bates
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Barkley
Tony King
Clifford
Annazette Chase
Angela
Don Hood
O'Brien
Karen Leslie-Lyttle
Fraulein
Virginia Capers
Ruby Simpson
Steve Kahan
State Trooper
B.J. Hopper
Geffran
Ray Spruell
Senator Newcomb
Stocker Fontelieu
District Attorney Russell
Robert Adams
Store Executive
Crew
Richard Donner
Director
Carol Sobieski
Screenplay
Francis Veber
Original Film Writer
Richard A. Harris
Editor
Michael A. Stevenson
Editor
László Kovács
Director of Photography
Phil Feldman
Producer
Ray Stark
Producer
Margaret Booth
Associate Producer
Charles Rosen
Production Design
Moss Mabry
Costume Design
Robert L. Stevenson
Hairstylist
Yolanda Toussieng
Hairstylist
Ken Chase
Makeup Artist
Tony Lloyd
Makeup Artist
Phil Cory
Special Effects Supervisor
Thomas R. Ward
Special Effects
Hans Metz
Visual Effects
Patrick Williams
Original Music Composer
Marvin March
Set Decoration
Bob Herron
Stunt Double
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