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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
Sharon Johansen
Character: Lenore Hartounian

Gene LeBell
Character: Con Man
Carl Reiner
Character: Carl Reiner the Celebrity
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
David Landsberg
Character: Bank Manager

Domingo Ambriz
Character: Father De Cordoba
Richard Foronjy
Character: Con Man
Clete Roberts
Character: Announcer

Frances E. Williams
Character: Grandma Johnson
Lydia McGhee
Character: Cleotis Johnson
Niko Denise Holmes
Character: Satch Johnson

Shawn Harris
Character: Pierre Johnson
Nyles Harris
Character: Leroy Johnson (as Niles Harris)
Susan Denise Harrison
Character: Lisa Johnson

Douglas S. Close
Character: Fireman
Trinidad Silva
Character: Punk
Alston Ahern
Character: Bride

Lawrence Green
Character: Father of the Bride
Ken Magee
Character: Carnival Rube
Tom J. Delaney
Character: Tourist

Alfred Dennis
Character: Irving
Marc Loge
Character: Farm Boy
Jon Leichter
Character: Billy

Lillian Adams
Character: Tillie
Joe Lynn
Character: Voodoo Dancer
Maurice Marsac
Character: French Waiter

Fred Lerner
Character: Con Man
Jerry G. Velasco
Character: Man in Garden
Kimberly Cameron
Character: Disco Party

Elizabeth Macey
Character: Disco Party
Richie Reiner
Character: Disco Party
Daniel Trevor
Character: Disco Party

Benjie Bancroft
Character: Bailiff (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Carl Gottlieb
Screenplay
Jack Elliott
Original Music Composer

Steve Martin
Screenplay
April Ferry
Costume Supervisor

Conrad E. Palmisano
Stunt Coordinator
Peter Macgregor-Scott
Associate Producer

Michael Elias
Screenplay
Richard C. Goddard
Set Decoration

Theadora Van Runkle
Costume Design

Victor J. Kemper
Director of Photography
Jack T. Collis
Production Design