The Jerk
- Released on
Comedy
•- Runtime
- 94 mins
(801 votes)
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.
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
- Bernadette Peters
- Catlin Adams
- Mabel King
- Richard Ward
- Carl Gottlieb
- Dick Anthony Williams
- Bill Macy
- M. Emmet Walsh
- Dick O'Neill
- Maurice Evans
- Helena Carroll
- Ren Woods
- Pepe Serna
- Sonny Terry
- Brownie McGhee
- Jackie Mason
- Gene LeBell
- Carl Reiner
- Larry Hankin
- Howard Hesseman
- Rob Reiner
- Gailard Sartain
- Lenny Montana
- William Schallert
Director
- Carl Reiner
Producers
- David V. Picker
- William E. McEuen
Screenwriter
- Carl Gottlieb
- Steve Martin
- Michael Elias
