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.


The Jerk (1979)
A rags to riches to rags story.
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Steve Martin
Navin R. Johnson

Bernadette Peters
Marie Kimble Johnson

Catlin Adams
Patty Bernstein

Mabel King
Mother

Richard Ward
Father

Carl Gottlieb
Iron Balls McGinty

Bill Macy
Stan Fox

M. Emmet Walsh
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