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A rags to riches to rags story. - The Jerk
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Title: The Jerk

Release Date: 14 Dec 1979

Runtime: 1h 34m

Genre: Comedy

Director: Universal Pictures, Aspen Film Society

Production Companies: Universal Pictures, Aspen Film Society

Overview: 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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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.895 (819 votes)

Cast

  • Navin R. Johnson: Steve Martin
  • Marie Kimble Johnson: Bernadette Peters
  • Patty Bernstein: Catlin Adams
  • Mother: Mabel King
  • Father: Richard Ward
  • Iron Balls McGinty: Carl Gottlieb
  • Taj: Dick Anthony Williams
  • Stan Fox: Bill Macy
  • Madman: M. Emmet Walsh
  • Frosty: Dick O'Neill
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