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The Jerk
“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.
Release / first air1979-12-14
Original languageEN
GenresComedy
DirectorCarl Reiner
WriterCarl Gottlieb
Budget$4,000,000
Revenue$100,000,000
ProductionUniversal Pictures, Aspen Film Society
Cast & Crew
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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'NeillFrostyPart of the Collection
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