The Jerk (1979)
A rags to riches to rags story.
94 min
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 date
- June 20, 1980
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $4,000,000
- Box office
- $100,000,000
Trailer
Cast
- Steve Martin as Navin
- Steve Martin as Cat Juggler
- Bernadette Peters as Marie
- Catlin Adams as Patty Bernstein
- Mabel King as Mother
- Richard Ward as Father
- Dick Anthony Williams as Taj
- Bill Macy as Stan Fox
- M. Emmet Walsh as Madman
- Dick O'Neill as Frosty
- Maurice Evans as Hobart
Crew
- Carl Reiner · Director
- Steve Martin · Writer
- Carl Gottlieb · Writer
- Michael Elias · Writer
- William E. McEuen · Producer
- David V. Picker · Producer
- Jack Elliott · Composer
- Victor J. Kemper · Cinematographer
- Bud Molin · Editor
- Ron Spang · Editor
- Geno Havens · Casting director
- Penny Perry · Casting director
- Jack T. Collis · Production designer