The Jerk (1979)
"A rags to riches to rags story."
Title: The Jerk
Original Title: The Jerk
Release Date: 1979-12-14
Status: Released
Rating: 6.898/10 (from 864 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Comedy
Production Companies: Universal Pictures, Aspen Film Society
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.
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
