🎬 Comedy

The Jerk

"A rags to riches to rags story."

⭐ 6.9/10 1979 1h 34m Dir. Carl Reiner
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About this movie

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.

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6.9/10 906 votes

Quick facts

Year
1979
Runtime
1h 34m
TMDB Rating
⭐ 6.9/10
Votes
906
Genre
Comedy
Director
Language
EN
Budget
$4.0M

Cast

🎭 Comedy 🎬 Carl Reiner 👤 Steve Martin 👤 Bernadette Peters 👤 Catlin Adams
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The Jerk has a runtime of 1h 34m (1 hour and 34 minutes).
The Jerk was directed by Carl Reiner and released in 1979.
The Jerk is a Comedy film (1979).
The cast of The Jerk includes Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Catlin Adams, Mabel King, Richard Ward.
The Jerk has a TMDB rating of 6.9/10 based on 906 votes.

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