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The Jerk

Release Date:December 14, 1979

Running Time:94 min

Genres:Comedy

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Cast

Steve Martin Bernadette Peters Catlin Adams Mabel King Richard Ward Carl Gottlieb Dick Anthony Williams Bill Macy M. Emmet Walsh Dick O'Neill Maurice Evans Helena Carroll

Top billed cast (via TMDB).

Synopsis

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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