The Toy (1982)

Starring:

• Richard Pryor
• Jackie Gleason
• Ned Beatty
• Scott Schwartz
• Teresa Ganzel
• Wilfrid Hyde-White
• Annazette Chase
• Tony King
• Virginia Capers
• Karen Leslie-Lyttle
• Don Hood

Storyline
Unemployed journalist Jack Brown (Richard Pryor) is attempting to make ends meet as the night janitor in a ritzy department store owned by Louisiana millionaire U.S. Bates (Jackie Gleason). On his annual visit to his father's store, Bates' pampered son, Eric (Scott Schwartz), is told he can choose one item in the toy department. To everyone's horror, he wants Jack. Paid handsomely to spend one week with the troublesome kid, Jack soon discovers the roots of Eric's bad behavior.

Blackboard Jungle (1955)

Starring:

• Glenn Ford
• Sidney Poitier
• Anne Francis
• Louis Calhern
• Vic Morrow
• Margaret Hayes
• John Hoyt
• Richard Kiley
• Rafael Campos
• Paul Mazursky
• Dan Terranova
• Basil Ruysdael
• Warner Anderson
• Emile Meyer

Storyline
World War II veteran Richard Dadier (Glenn Ford) takes a teaching position at a rough New York City school for boys. The staff warns him that the students are nearly impossible to control, but the optimistic Richard remains unfazed. Soon, though, he realizes that his class isn't merely rowdy -- they can be downright dangerous. The students, led by the thuggish Artie West (Vic Morrow), threaten their teacher and his family with violence, yet Richard refuses to give up on the troubled teens.