Film

The Jerk

Name: The Jerk
Director: Carl Reiner
Released: 1979
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Catlin Adams, Mabel King, Richard Ward

1979 · 94 min · ★ 6.9 · Dir. Carl Reiner

A rags to riches to rags story.

After discovering he's not really black like the rest of his family, likable dimwit Navin Johnson runs off on a hilarious misadventure in this comedy classic that takes him from rags to riches and back to rags 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.