“When Jackie Gleason told his son he could have any present he wanted, he picked the most outrageous gift of all...Richard Pryor.”
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.
Director
Screenplay
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$28,000,000
Revenue
$47,118,057
Fancy Bates
A car magnate watches his personal and professional life hit the skids because of his business and romantic indiscretions.
