The Jerk

A rags to riches to rags story.

APPROPIATE

1979 / 94min.

Rating6.901

Genres

Comedy

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.

Directors

Actors

Steve Martin

Bernadette Peters

Rob Reiner

Howard Hesseman

Larry Hankin

William Schallert

M. Emmet Walsh

Gailard Sartain

Ren Woods

Pepe Serna

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