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#9 Box Office Hit of 1979

The Jerk (1979)

"A rags to riches to rags story."

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.

Cast

  • Steve Martin

    Navin R. Johnson

    Steve Martin

  • Bernadette Peters

    Marie Kimble Johnson

    Bernadette Peters

  • Catlin Adams

    Patty Bernstein

    Catlin Adams

  • Mabel King

    Mother

    Mabel King

  • Richard Ward

    Father

    Richard Ward

  • Carl Gottlieb

    Iron Balls McGinty

    Carl Gottlieb

  • Dick Anthony Williams

    Taj

    Dick Anthony Williams

  • Bill Macy

    Stan Fox

    Bill Macy

  • M. Emmet Walsh

    Madman

    M. Emmet Walsh

  • Dick O'Neill

    Frosty

    Dick O'Neill

  • Maurice Evans

    Hobart

    Maurice Evans

  • Helena Carroll

    Hester

    Helena Carroll

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