The Jerk
The Jerk
Release: 1979-12-14
·Runtime: 94m
·★ 6.9
Comedy
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Universal Pictures
Aspen Film Society
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Rob Reiner
as Truck Driver Picking Up Navin (uncredited)
Alfred Dennis
as Irving
M. Emmet Walsh
as Madman
Jackie Mason
as Harry Hartounian
Ken Magee
as Carnival Rube
Lillian Adams
as Tillie
Richard Ward
as Father
Gailard Sartain
as Guy with Cracked Airplane Seats (uncredited)
Lenny Montana
as Con Man
Steve Martin
as Navin R. Johnson
Bernadette Peters
as Marie Kimble Johnson
Helena Carroll
as Hester
Ren Woods
as Elvira
Richard Foronjy
as Con Man
Frances E. Williams
as Grandma Johnson
Bill Macy
as Stan Fox
Maurice Evans
as Hobart
Carl Reiner
as Carl Reiner the Celebrity
Trinidad Silva
as Punk
Maurice Marsac
as French Waiter
Mabel King
as Mother
Domingo Ambriz
as Father De Cordoba
Fred Lerner
as Con Man
Pepe Serna
as Punk #1
Gene LeBell
as Con Man
Larry Hankin
as Circus Hand (uncredited)
William Schallert
as Judge M.A. Loring
Dick Anthony Williams
as Taj
Dick O'Neill
as Frosty
Sonny Terry
as Blues Singer
Brownie McGhee
as Blues Singer
Howard Hesseman
as Carnival Worker (uncredited)
David Landsberg
as Bank Manager
Catlin Adams
as Patty Bernstein
Carl Gottlieb
as Iron Balls McGinty
