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About
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.
Theatrical
Dec 10, 1982
Box Office
$47.1M
Budget
$28.0M
Return
1.7x
DVD / Blu-ray
Nov 13, 2001
Director
Writer
Producers
Music
Studio
Delphi Films, Columbia Pictures, Rastar Productions
Cast
Full credits →R
Richard Pryor
Jack Brown
J
Jackie Gleason
Ulysses Simpson 'U.S.' Bates
N
Ned Beatty
Sydney Morehouse
T
Teresa Ganzel
Fancy Bates
W
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Barkley
T
Tony King
Clifford
A
Annazette Chase
Angela
D
Don Hood
O'Brien
K
Karen Leslie-Lyttle
Fraulein
V
Virginia Capers
Ruby Simpson
S
Steve Kahan
State Trooper
B
B.J. Hopper
Geffran
R
Ray Spruell
Senator Newcomb
S
Stocker Fontelieu
District Attorney Russell
R
Robert Adams
Store Executive
