The Jerk
1979/12/14 (US) | Comedy
A rags to riches to rags story.
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.
Carl Reiner
Director
Steve Martin
Screenplay
Carl Gottlieb
Screenplay
Michael Elias
Screenplay
Lead Cast
Steve Martin
Navin R. Johnson
Bernadette Peters
Marie Kimble Johnson
Catlin Adams
Patty Bernstein
Mabel King
Mother
Richard Ward
Father
Carl Gottlieb
Iron Balls McGinty
No Image
Dick Anthony Williams
Taj
Budget
$ 4,000,000
Revenue
$ 100,000,000
Status
Released
Production Company
- Universal Pictures
- Aspen Film Society
Crews
Jack Elliott
Original Music Composer
Bud Molin
Editor
Diane Peterson
Stunts
April Ferry
Costume Supervisor
Conrad E. Palmisano
Stunt Coordinator