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The Jerk (1979)
Directed by Carl Reiner
“A rags to riches to rags story.”
Comedy · 1h 34m
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
Crew
- Director
- Carl Reiner
- Screenplay
- Steve Martin, Carl Gottlieb, Michael Elias
- Director of Photography
- Victor J. Kemper
- Original Music Composer
- Jack Elliott
- Editor
- Bud Molin, Ron Spang
- Producer
- David V. Picker, William E. McEuen
Details
- Release date
- 1979-12-14
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Universal Pictures, Aspen Film Society
- Budget
- $4,000,000
- Box office
- $100,000,000
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