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The Jerk

1979-12-14 | Comedy
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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.

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Steve Martin Navin R. Johnson
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Bernadette Peters Marie Kimble Johnson
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Catlin Adams Patty Bernstein
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Mabel King Mother
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Richard Ward Father
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Carl Gottlieb Iron Balls McGinty
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That wild and crazy guy, Steve Martin, makes his film-starring debut in the wacky comedy hit The Jerk. From rags to riches� to ...

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Director: Carl Reiner Song: "Tonight You Belong To Me" by Bernadette Peters and Steve Martin.

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That wild and crazy guy, Steve Martin, makes his film-starring debut in the wacky comedy hit The Jerk. From rags to riches� to ...

That wild and crazy guy, Steve Martin, makes his film-starring debut in the wacky comedy hit The Jerk. From rags to riches� to ...

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The Jerk (1979) SYNOPSIS: Navin (Steve Martin) believes he was born a poor black child in Mississippi. He is, however, actually ...

The Jerk (1979) SYNOPSIS: Navin (Steve Martin) believes he was born a poor black child in Mississippi. He is, however, actually ...

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That wild and crazy guy, Steve Martin, makes his film-starring debut in the wacky comedy hit The Jerk. From rags to riches� to ...

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The genre of The Jerk is Comedy.
The full version of The Jerk is provided by Apple iTunes , Google Play Movies , Vudu , Amazon Video , Microsoft Store , YouTube , fuboTV , Redbox , AMC on Demand , DIRECTV , Showtime , Netflix
The casts of The Jerk are Steve Martin starring as Navin R. Johnson, Bernadette Peters starring as Marie Kimble Johnson, Catlin Adams starring as Patty Bernstein, Mabel King starring as Mother, Richard Ward starring as Father, Carl Gottlieb starring as Iron Balls McGinty.
The sequels of The Jerk are The Jerk, The Jerk, Too.
On April 15, 2024, the IMDB rating of The Jerk is 7.1/10, Rotten Tomato rating is 82/100, Metacritic rating is 61/100, TMDB rating is 7.0/10.
On April 15, 2024, there were 5435 public reaction to The Jerk including popular, shenanigans, plain, carny ride, madcap comedy.
Watch the official trailer of The Jerk
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..
The release date of The Jerk is December 14, 1979.
The production budget of The Jerk was 4,000,000 USD.
The director of The Jerk is Carl Reiner.
The revenue of The Jerk was 100,000,000 USD.
The runtime of The Jerk is 94 minutes.