The Jerk

1979 94 min Comedy

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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IMDb 7.1 RT 82 Metacritic 61

budget $4,000,000 earnings $100,000,000 return 25.0x

director Carl Reiner

writers Steve Martin, Carl Gottlieb, Michael Elias

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