R
Comedy
The Jerk
Release14 December 1979
Runtime1h 34m
Budget$4,000,000
TMDB Votes918
DirectorCarl Reiner
ProducersDavid V. Picker, William E. McEuen
StatusReleased
Original LanguageEnglish
ProductionUniversal Pictures, Aspen Film Society
69%
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A rags to riches to rags story.
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.
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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
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