The Jerk

A rags to riches to rags story.

Sinopse

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.

6.9
1979
Released
1h 34m

Steve Martin

Bernadette Peters

Catlin Adams

Mabel King

Richard Ward

Dick Anthony Williams

Bill Macy

M. Emmet Walsh

Dick O'Neill

Maurice Evans

Helena Carroll

Ren Woods

Pepe Serna

Sonny Terry

Brownie McGhee

Jackie Mason

Sharon Johansen

Gene LeBell

Carl Reiner

Carl Reiner the Celebrity

Larry Hankin

Circus Hand (uncredited)

Howard Hesseman

Carnival Worker (uncredited)

Rob Reiner

Truck Driver Picking Up Navin (uncredited)

Gailard Sartain

Guy with Cracked Airplane Seats (uncredited)

Lenny Montana

William Schallert

David Landsberg

Domingo Ambriz

Richard Foronjy

Clete Roberts

Frances E. Williams

Lydia McGhee

Niko Denise Holmes

Shawn Harris

Nyles Harris

Leroy Johnson (as Niles Harris)

Susan Denise Harrison

Douglas S. Close

Trinidad Silva

Alston Ahern

Lawrence Green

Ken Magee

Tom J. Delaney

Alfred Dennis

Marc Loge

Jon Leichter

Lillian Adams

Joe Lynn

Maurice Marsac

Jerry G. Velasco

Kimberly Cameron

Elizabeth Macey

Richie Reiner

Daniel Trevor

Benjie Bancroft

Status

Released

Original Language

Budget

$4,000,000.00

Revenue

$100,000,000.00

Keywords

#blow
#neominstrelsy
#phone book
#sharecropper
#tennis court

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Reviews

@Wuchakalmost 7 years ago

***Steve Martin’s breakout comedy*** A homeless mentally-challenged man (Steve Martin) shares his amusing tale of rags-to-riches-to-hobo with flashbacks. Catlin Adams plays a stunt rider at a carnival who has the hots for Navin (Martin) while Bernadette Peters plays a more important woman in his life. “The Jerk” (1979) has several laugh-out-loud scenes like the eventual confrontation between