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1979

The Jerk

Directed by Carl Reiner
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.

Duration

1h 34m

Released

December 14, 1979

Revenue

$100,000,000

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6.9

Rating830

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Cast25

  • Steve Martin
  • Bernadette Peters
  • Catlin Adams
  • Mabel King
  • Richard Ward
  • Carl Gottlieb
  • Dick Anthony Williams
  • Bill Macy
  • M. Emmet Walsh

Part ofThe The Jerk Collection

Includes The Jerk (1979), and The Jerk, Too (1984).

View the collection

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