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The Jerk

6.9 94 mins Comedy   1979
Universal Pictures   Aspen Film Society  
Director(s): Carl Reiner

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.

Casts of The Jerk

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

Bill Macy

as Stan Fox

M. Emmet Walsh

as Madman

Dick O'Neill

as Frosty

Maurice Evans

as Hobart

Helena Carroll

as Hester

Ren Woods

as Elvira

Pepe Serna

as Punk #1

Sonny Terry

as Blues Singer

Brownie McGhee

as Blues Singer

Jackie Mason

as Harry Hartounian

Gene LeBell

as Con Man

Carl Reiner

as Self

Larry Hankin

as Circus Hand (uncredited)

Howard Hesseman

as Carnival Worker (uncredited)

Rob Reiner

as Truck Driver Picking Up Navin (uncredited)

Gailard Sartain

as Guy with Cracked Airplane Seats (uncredited)

Lenny Montana

as Con Man

William Schallert

as Judge M.A. Loring

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