The Jerk

Release Date:

Dec 14, 1979

MPAA Rating:

R

Running Time:

1:33

Genre:

Comedy

Director:

Carl Reiner

Cast:

Steve Martin	Navin R. Johnson/Cat Juggler/Pig Eye Jackson/Engineer Fred
Bernadette Peters	Marie Kimble Johnson
Catlin Adams	Patty Bernstein
Mabel King	Mother
Richard Ward	Father
Dick Anthony Williams	Taj Jonson
Carl Reiner	Man at Disco Party
Bill Macy	Stan Fox
M. Emmet Walsh	Madman
Dick O'Neill	Frosty
Maurice Evans	Hobart
Helena Carroll	Hester
Ren Wood	Elvira Jonson
Pepe Serna	Punk 1 in Blue Chevy
Jackie Mason	Harry Hartounian
David Landsberg	New Accounts Bank Manager

Producers:

David V. Picker , William McEuen

Language:

English

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Navin believes he was born a poor black child in Mississippi. He is, however, actually white. Upon figuring this out, he heads north to St. Louis to find himself. After landing a job at a gas station, Navin is excited to discover his name printed in the new phone book. This ratification of his existence leads him from one misadventure to another -- as he invents gadgets, dodges bullets, joins the carnival and seeks love in the arms of beautiful Marie .

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