The Jerk (1979)

Name: The Jerk
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1979-12-14
Duration: 94 min
Cast: Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Catlin Adams, Mabel King, Richard Ward

A rags to riches to rags story.

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.

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Released 1979-12-14 · 94 min · Comedy

Directed by Carl Reiner

Part of The Jerk Collection

Cast

Steve Martin as Navin R. Johnson
Bernadette Peters as Marie Kimble Johnson
Catlin Adams as Patty Bernstein
Mabel King as Mother
Richard Ward as Father
Carl Gottlieb as Iron Balls McGinty
Dick Anthony Williams as Taj
Bill Macy as Stan Fox
M. Emmet Walsh as Madman
Dick O'Neill as Frosty
Maurice Evans as Hobart
Helena Carroll as Hester
Ren Woods as Elvira
Pepe Serna as Punk #1
Sonny Terry as Blues Singer