The Jerk

1979

94 min

6.9

Ends at

After discovering he's not really black like the rest of his family, likable dimwit Navin Johnson sets off on a hilarious misadventure that takes him from rags to riches and back again. The slaphappy jerk strikes it rich, but life in the fast lane isn't all it's cracked up to be and, in the end, all that really matters to Johnson is his true love.

Budget

$4,000,000

Genre

Comedy

Director

Carl Reiner

Country

United States of America

Cast & Crew

Steve Martin

Bernadette Peters

Catlin Adams

Mabel King

Richard Ward

Carl Gottlieb

Dick Anthony Williams

Bill Macy

M. Emmet Walsh

Dick O'Neill

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The Jerk

After discovering he's not really black like the rest of his family, likable dimwit Navin Johnson sets off on a hilarious misadventure that takes him from rags to riches and back again. The slaphappy jerk strikes it rich, but life in the fast lane isn't all it's cracked up to be and, in the end, all that really matters to Johnson is his true love.

  • Steve Martin

  • Bernadette Peters

  • Catlin Adams

  • Mabel King

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