The Jerk (1979)

12/14/1979 (US) • 1h 34m

Comedy

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.

Top Billed Cast

Steve Martin

Navin R. Johnson

Bernadette Peters

Marie Kimble Johnson

Catlin Adams

Patty Bernstein

Carl Gottlieb

Iron Balls McGinty

Bill Macy

Stan Fox


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$4,000,000.00

Revenue

$100,000,000.00

Keywords

blow

neominstrelsy

phone book

sharecropper

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