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The Jerk (1979)

A rags to riches to rags story.

  • Dec 14, 1979
  • 1h 34m
  • R
TMDB user score 6.9/10 946 votes on TMDB
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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.

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Cast

  • 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
  • Sharon Johansen Lenore Hartounian

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