The Jerk

A rags to riches to rags story.

The Jerk (1979)

Timing: 1:34 (94 min)

6.9/10
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Actors and characters

Release date

1979-12-14

Country

United States

Production

Universal Pictures, Aspen Film Society

Genre

Comedy

Budget

$4 000 000

Revenue

$100 000 000

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Director

Carl Reiner

Actors

Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Catlin Adams, Mabel King, Richard Ward, Carl Gottlieb, Dick Anthony Williams, Bill Macy, M. Emmet Walsh, Dick O'Neill
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Scenario

Producer

David V. Picker, William E. McEuen

Operator

Victor J. Kemper

Composer

Jack Elliott

Artist

Audition

Penny Perry, Geno Havens

Editing

Bud Molin, Ron Spang
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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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