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.
Richard Pryor
as Jack Brown
Jackie Gleason
as Ulysses Simpson 'U.S.' Bates
Ned Beatty
as Sydney Morehouse
Scott Schwartz
as Eric Bates
Teresa Ganzel
as Fancy Bates
Wilfrid Hyde-White
as Barkley
Tony King
as Clifford
Annazette Chase
as Angela
Don Hood
as O'Brien
Karen Leslie-Lyttle
as Fraulein
Virginia Capers
as Ruby Simpson
Steve Kahan
as State Trooper
