The Jerk

N/A

1979

Comedy

1 hour 34 minutes

Summary

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.

~ A rags to riches to rags story.
Carl Reiner

Director

Steve Martin

Screenplay

Carl Gottlieb

Screenplay

Michael Elias

Screenplay