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.
Title | The Jerk |
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Year | 1979 |
Genre | Comedy |
Country | United States of America |
Studio | Universal Pictures, Aspen Film Society |
Cast | Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Catlin Adams, Mabel King, Richard Ward, Carl Gottlieb |
Crew | Carl Reiner (Director), Steve Martin (Screenplay), Carl Gottlieb (Screenplay), Jack Elliott (Original Music Composer), Bud Molin (Editor), Diane Peterson (Stunts) |
Keyword | blow, neominstrelsy, phone book, sharecropper, tennis court |
Release | Dec 14, 1979 |
Runtime | 94 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 6.90 / 10 by 801 users |
Popularity | 13 |
Budget | 4,000,000 |
Revenue | 100,000,000 |
Language | English |