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The Jerk

A rags to riches to rags story.

  • Movie
  • 1979
  • R
  • 1h 34m

Directed by Carl Reiner

6.9

TMDB audience rating
6.9 out of 10 from 946 votes

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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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Cast and crew

  • Steve Martin

    Steve MartinNavin R. Johnson

  • Bernadette Peters

    Bernadette PetersMarie Kimble Johnson

  • Catlin Adams

    Catlin AdamsPatty Bernstein

  • Mabel King

    Mabel KingMother

  • Richard Ward

    Richard WardFather

  • Carl Gottlieb

    Carl GottliebIron Balls McGinty

  • Dick Anthony Williams

    Dick Anthony WilliamsTaj

  • Bill Macy

    Bill MacyStan Fox

  • M. Emmet Walsh

    M. Emmet WalshMadman

  • Dick O'Neill

    Dick O'NeillFrosty

  • Maurice Evans

    Maurice EvansHobart

  • Helena Carroll

    Helena CarrollHester

  • Ren Woods

    Ren WoodsElvira

  • Pepe Serna

    Pepe SernaPunk #1

  • Sonny Terry

    Sonny TerryBlues Singer

  • Brownie McGhee

    Brownie McGheeBlues Singer

  • Jackie Mason

    Jackie MasonHarry Hartounian

  • Sharon JohansenLenore Hartounian

Director
Carl Reiner
Writer
Carl Gottlieb, Steve Martin and Michael Elias
Music
Jack Elliott
Cinematography
Victor J. Kemper