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The Jerk

The Jerk

A rags to riches to rags story.

6.9 (907)1979-12-141h 34m
Comedy

Overview

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.

Budget
$4,000,000
Revenue
$100,000,000
Production
Universal Pictures, Aspen Film Society

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Director
Carl Reiner
Cinematography
Victor J. Kemper
Composer
Jack Elliott

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Wuchak

Wuchak

February 25, 2019

7/10

***Steve Martin’s breakout comedy*** A homeless mentally-challenged man (Steve Martin) shares his amusing tale of rags-to-riches-to-hobo with flashbacks. Catlin Adams plays a stunt rider at a carnival who has the hots for Navin (Martin) while Bernadette Peters plays a more important woman in his life. “The Jerk” (1979) has several laugh-out-loud scenes like the eventual confrontation between Patty (Catlin) and Marie (Peters), but there are also some flat, overlong parts, like when Navin de…