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The Jerk (1979)

The Jerk (1979)

Comedy

A rags to riches to rags story.

Release Date: 1979, December 14
Directors: Carl Reiner
Countries: United States of America
Production: Universal Pictures, Aspen Film Society
Cast: Steve Martin, Ken Magee, Lenny Montana, Benjie Bancroft, Pepe Serna, Alfred Dennis, M. Emmet Walsh, Richard Foronjy, Carl Reiner, Gene LeBell, Dick Anthony Williams, William Schallert

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.

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