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