Screenplay Steve Martin, Carl Gottlieb, Michael Elias
Director Carl Reiner
The Jerk
Comedy1979
Tagline: A rags to riches to rags story.
Release Date: 1979-12-14
Duration: 94 minutes
Synopsis
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.
Casting
- William SchallertJudge M.A. Loring
- Steve MartinNavin R. Johnson
- Rob ReinerTruck Driver Picking Up Navin (uncredited)
- M. Emmet WalshMadman
- Bernadette PetersMarie Kimble Johnson
- Carl ReinerSelf
- Larry HankinCircus Hand (uncredited)
- Maurice EvansHobart
- Carl GottliebIron Balls McGinty
- Howard HessemanCarnival Worker (uncredited)
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