
The Jerk
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.
Release Date: 1979-12-14
Comedy
★★★★★★★★★★ (822 votes)
Casts

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