The Jerk (1979)

A rags to riches to rags story.

Movie · Comedy · 1h 34m · Rated 6.9/10 on TMDB · Released December 14, 1979

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.

Directed by Carl Reiner

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

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