The Jerk

December. 14,1979      R
Rating:
7.1
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

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
Bill Macy as  Stan Fox
M. Emmet Walsh as  Madman
Dick O'Neill as  Frosty

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