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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.
Where to watch The Jerk
The Jerk is streaming in the US on YouTube TV.
It is also available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube and Fandango At Home.
Cast
- Steve Martin as Navin R. Johnson
- Bernadette Peters as Marie Kimble Johnson
- Catlin Adams as Patty Bernstein
- Mabel King as Mother
- Richard Ward as Father
- Carl Gottlieb as Iron Balls McGinty
- Dick Anthony Williams as Taj
- Bill Macy as Stan Fox
- M. Emmet Walsh as Madman
- Dick O'Neill as Frosty
- Maurice Evans as Hobart
- Helena Carroll as Hester
Details
- Director
- Carl Reiner
- Released
- December 14, 1979
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Studio
- Universal Pictures and Aspen Film Society
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 6.9 / 10 from 935 votes
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