Movie
The Jerk
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1979-12-14
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Genres
- Comedy
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Universal Pictures, Aspen Film Society
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
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
Crew
- Carl Reiner - Director
- Steve Martin - Screenplay
- Carl Gottlieb - Screenplay
- Michael Elias - Screenplay
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