The Jerk
Release date: 12/14/1979
Budget: $4,000,000
Revenue: $100,000,000
Genres:
Comedy
Countries:
United States of America
Rating:
6.9
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.
Trailer
Actors
Steve Martin
Navin R. Johnson
Bernadette Peters
Marie Kimble Johnson
Catlin Adams
Patty Bernstein
Mabel King
Mother
Richard Ward
Father
Carl Gottlieb
Iron Balls McGinty
Dick Anthony Williams
Taj
Bill Macy
Stan Fox
M. Emmet Walsh
Madman
Dick O'Neill
Frosty
Maurice Evans
Hobart
Helena Carroll
Hester
Ren Woods
Elvira
Pepe Serna
Punk #1
Sonny Terry
Blues Singer
Brownie McGhee
Blues Singer
Jackie Mason
Harry Hartounian
Gene LeBell
Con Man
Carl Reiner
Self
Larry Hankin
Circus Hand (uncredited)
Howard Hesseman
Carnival Worker (uncredited)
Rob Reiner
Truck Driver Picking Up Navin (uncredited)
Gailard Sartain
Guy with Cracked Airplane Seats (uncredited)
Lenny Montana
Con Man
William Schallert
Judge M.A. Loring
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