- Title: The Jerk
- Original Title: The Jerk
- Release Date: 14/12/1979
- Tagline: A rags to riches to rags story.
- Budget: $4,000,000.00
- Duration:94 Min / 01:34
- Country:US
- Genre:Comedy
About Film
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.
Movie Rating: 6.9
Total Votes: 842
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Wuchak
7/10
***Steve Martin’s breakout comedy***
A homeless mentally-challenged man (Steve Martin) shares his amusing tale of rags-to-riches-to-hobo with flashbacks. Catlin Adams plays a stunt rider at a carnival who has the hots for Navin (Martin) while Bernadette Peters plays a more important woman in his life.
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