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Dec 14, 1979 · The Jerk: Directed by Carl Reiner. With Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Catlin Adams, Mabel King. A simpleminded, sheltered country boy suddenly decides to leave his family home to experience life in the big city, where his naivete is both his best friend and his worst enemy.
- (64K)
- Comedy
- Carl Reiner
- 1979-12-14
The Jerk. The Jerk is a 1979 American comedy film directed by Carl Reiner and written by Steve Martin, Carl Gottlieb, and Michael Elias (from a story by Steve Martin and Carl Gottlieb). This was Martin's first starring role in a feature film. The film also features Bernadette Peters, M. Emmet Walsh, Catlin Adams, Maurice Evans, and Jackie Mason.
Navin (Steve Martin) believes he was born a poor black child in Mississippi. He is, however, actually white. Upon figuring this out, he heads north to St. Louis to find himself. After landing a ...
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- Carl Reiner
- R
- Steve Martin
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Cast (in credits order) verified as complete. Steve Martin. ... Navin / Cat Juggler (as Pig Eye Jackson also) Bernadette Peters. ... Marie. Catlin Adams.
The Jerk. An idiotic man struggles to make it through life on his own in St. Louis. 7,796 IMDb 7.1 1 h 34 min 1979. X-Ray R.
Navin is shot at, but manages to flee, and winds up in a carnival trailer heading out of town. Navin gets a job as a weight-guesser with the carnival, and loses his virginity to a stunt-daredevil woman. He meets and falls in love with a carnival goer, Marie (Bernadette Peters), a cosmetologist. They get married on the spur of the moment by the ...
Advertisement. “The Jerk” is all gags and very little comedy. After Martin hits the road, he has a series of adventures as a gas pump jockey, a weight-guesser in a sideshow, a hapless lover of Bernadette Peters, an inventor of a gadget to keep your eyeglasses from falling down. All of these gag situations are milked for one-time laughs.
