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Film · 1979
The Jerk
1h 34mRDirected by Carl Reiner
- Comedy
A rags to riches to rags 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 MartinNavin R. Johnson
Bernadette PetersMarie Kimble Johnson
Catlin AdamsPatty Bernstein
Mabel KingMother
Richard WardFather
Carl GottliebIron Balls McGinty
Dick Anthony WilliamsTaj
Bill MacyStan Fox
M. Emmet WalshMadman
Dick O'NeillFrosty
Maurice EvansHobart
Helena CarrollHester
Details
- Director
- Carl Reiner
- Writer
- Steve Martin, Carl Gottlieb, Michael Elias
- Music
- Jack Elliott
- Cinematography
- Victor J. Kemper
- Editor
- Bud Molin, Ron Spang
- Producer
- David V. Picker, William E. McEuen
- Release
- December 14, 1979
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Rated
- R
- Language
- English
- Studio
- Universal Pictures, Aspen Film Society
- TMDB score
- 6.9 / 10 from 945 votes
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