The Jerk 1979

Synopsis

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.

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Cast

• Steve Martin Navin R. Johnson
• Bernadette Peters Marie Kimble Johnson
• Catlin Adams Patty Bernstein
• Mabel King Mother
• Richard Ward Father
• Carl Gottlieb Iron Balls McGinty
• Dick Anthony Williams Taj
• Bill Macy Stan Fox
• M. Emmet Walsh Madman
• Dick O'Neill Frosty

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