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The Jerk

Cast

Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Catlin Adams, Mabel King View All


Crew

Carl Reiner (Director), Carl Gottlieb (Screenplay), Steve Martin (Screenplay), Michael Elias (Screenplay) View All

Release: Dec. 14th, 1979
Runtime: 1 hour, 34 minutes
After discovering he's not really black like the rest of his family, likable dimwit Navin Johnson runs off on a hilarious misadventure in this comedy classic that takes him from rags to riches and back to rags 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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Gideon58
Martin is wonderful in the title role and always keeps Navin likable and he has a very nice onscreen chemistry with Bernadette Peters, which actually led to a brief real life romance and an onscreen reunion 2 years later in Pennies from Heaven, I also loved Richard Ward and Mabel King as Navin's a....
Citizen Rules
Director: Carl Reiner Writers: Steve Martin & Carl Gottlieb (screenplay) Cast: Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Catlin Adams Genre: Comed.


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