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Dec 14, 1979 · A simpleminded country boy leaves his family home and faces various adventures in the big city. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this hilarious film.
- (64K)
- Comedy
- Carl Reiner
- 1979-12-14
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 ...
- (44)
- Carl Reiner
- R
- Steve Martin
IMDb provides the full list of cast and crew members who worked on the comedy film The Jerk, starring Steve Martin and directed by Carl Reiner. See the names, roles, and details of the actors, writers, producers, and more.
A comedy film about a naive country boy who leaves his adoptive Black family and tries to make it big in St. Louis. He invents a device that makes people cross-eyed, but loses everything when he is sued.
Roger Ebert criticizes Steve Martin's comedy film as a series of gags without logic or character development. He compares it to Mel Brooks' The Producers and finds it lacking in humor and originality.
Home. Store. Live TV. Categories. The Jerk. An idiotic man struggles to make it through life on his own in St. Louis. 7,779 IMDb 7.1 1 h 34 min 1979. X-Ray R. Comedy · Charming · Coarse · Fun. Available to rent or buy. Rent. HD $3.59. Buy movie. HD $14.69 $4.99. More purchase. options.
