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The Jerk (1979)

Directed by Carl Reiner

Comedy

Overview

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.

Rated R | Length 94 minutes

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Steve Martin | Bernadette Peters | Catlin Adams | Mabel King | Richard Ward | Carl Gottlieb | Dick Anthony Williams | Bill Macy | M. Emmet Walsh | Dick O'Neill | Maurice Evans | Helena Carroll | Ren Woods | Pepe Serna | Sonny Terry | Brownie McGhee | Jackie Mason | Gene LeBell | Carl Reiner | Larry Hankin | Howard Hesseman | Rob Reiner | Gailard Sartain | Lenny Montana | William Schallert

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