The Jerk

• 6.9 Comedy
• 1979-12-14
• 94 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

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)

Director:

Carl Reiner

Writer:

Steve Martin Carl Gottlieb Michael Elias