Poster for The Jerk

The Jerk

1979, comedy

94 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,...

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Cast

Steve Martin

Steve Martin

Navin R. Johnson

Bernadette Peters

Bernadette Peters

Marie Kimble Johnson

Catlin Adams

Patty Bernstein

Mabel King

Mother

Richard Ward

Father

Carl Gottlieb

Carl Gottlieb

Iron Balls McGinty

Bill Macy

Stan Fox

Dick O'Neill

Dick O'Neill

Frosty

Maurice Evans

Maurice Evans

Hobart

Renn Woods

Elvira

Pepe Serna

Pepe Serna

Punk #1

Sonny Terry

Blues Singer

Brownie McGhee

Blues Singer

Jackie Mason

Harry Hartounian

Gene LeBell

Gene LeBell

Con Man

Carl Reiner

Carl Reiner

Himself

Larry Hankin

Larry Hankin

Circus Hand (uncredited)

Howard Hesseman

Howard Hesseman

Carnival Worker (uncredited)

Rob Reiner

Rob Reiner

Truck Driver Picking Up Navin (uncredited)

Gailard Sartain

Gailard Sartain

Guy with Cracked Airplane Seats (uncredited)

Crew

Art

Jack T. Collis

Production design

Richard C. Goddard

Set decoration

Camera

Costume and make-up

Theadora Van Runkle

Costume design

Directing

Carl Reiner

Carl Reiner

Director

Editing

Bud Molin

Editor

Ron Spang

Editor

Production

Peter Macgregor-Scott

Associate producer

Penny Perry

Casting

Geno Havens

Geno Havens

Casting

David V. Picker

Producer

Sound

Jack Elliott

Original music composer

Writing

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