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The Jerk

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Calorie Rating: 132
Released: 1979-12-14
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 94 Minutes
Budget: 4000000
Revenue 100000000
Studios: Universal Pictures, Aspen Film Society,


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.

Director / Directors

Carl Reiner
Director


Cast

Steve Martin
Character: Navin R. Johnson
Bernadette Peters
Character: Marie Kimble Johnson
Catlin Adams
Character: Patty Bernstein

Mabel King
Character: Mother
Richard Ward
Character: Father
Carl Gottlieb
Character: Iron Balls McGinty

Dick Anthony Williams
Character: Taj
Bill Macy
Character: Stan Fox
M. Emmet Walsh
Character: Madman

Dick O'Neill
Character: Frosty
Maurice Evans
Character: Hobart
Helena Carroll
Character: Hester

Ren Woods
Character: Elvira
Pepe Serna
Character: Punk #1
Sonny Terry
Character: Blues Singer

Brownie McGhee
Character: Blues Singer
Jackie Mason
Character: Harry Hartounian
Gene LeBell
Character: Con Man

Carl Reiner
Character: Self
Larry Hankin
Character: Circus Hand (uncredited)
Howard Hesseman
Character: Carnival Worker (uncredited)

Rob Reiner
Character: Truck Driver Picking Up Navin (uncredited)
Gailard Sartain
Character: Guy with Cracked Airplane Seats (uncredited)
Lenny Montana
Character: Con Man

William Schallert
Character: Judge M.A. Loring


Production and Crew

Steve Martin
Screenplay
Carl Gottlieb
Screenplay
Jack Elliott
Original Music Composer

April Ferry
Costume Supervisor

Conrad E. Palmisano
Stunt Coordinator

Theadora Van Runkle
Costume Design
Peter Macgregor-Scott
Associate Producer

Richard C. Goddard
Set Decoration

Michael Elias
Screenplay
Victor J. Kemper
Director of Photography

Jack T. Collis
Production Design