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The Jerk (1979)

ALL 12/14/1979 (en) Comedy 94 Min
  • Release
    12/14/1979
  • Production
    Universal Pictures, Aspen Film Society
  • Rotten tomato
    69%
  • Original title
    The Jerk
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 100,000,000.00
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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.

  1. Carl Reiner

    Director

  2. Story



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  1. Steve Martin

    Navin R. Johnson

  2. Bernadette Peters

    Marie Kimble Johnson

  3. Catlin Adams

    Patty Bernstein

  4. Mabel King

    Mother

  5. Richard Ward

    Father

  6. Carl Gottlieb

    Iron Balls McGinty

  7. Dick Anthony Williams

    Taj

  8. Bill Macy

    Stan Fox

  9. M. Emmet Walsh

    Madman

  10. Dick O'Neill

    Frosty

  11. Maurice Evans

    Hobart

  12. Helena Carroll

    Hester

  13. Ren Woods

    Elvira

  14. Pepe Serna

    Punk #1

  15. Sonny Terry

    Blues Singer

  16. Brownie McGhee

    Blues Singer

  17. Jackie Mason

    Harry Hartounian

  18. Gene LeBell

    Con Man

  19. Carl Reiner

    Self

  20. Larry Hankin

    Circus Hand (uncredited)

  21. Howard Hesseman

    Carnival Worker (uncredited)

  22. Rob Reiner

    Truck Driver Picking Up Navin (uncredited)

  23. Gailard Sartain

    Guy with Cracked Airplane Seats (uncredited)

  24. Lenny Montana

    Con Man

  25. William Schallert

    Judge M.A. Loring

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 25 , Crews : 21

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The Jerk (1979) 94 Min

ALL 12/14/1979 (en)
Comedy
  • Release 12/14/1979
  • Production
    Universal Pictures, Aspen Film Society
  • Original title The Jerk
  • en
  • Revenue100,000,000.00

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.

  1. Carl Reiner

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Bud Molin, Ron Spang

    Editor

  4. David V. Picker, William E. McEuen

    Producer



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