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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.
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, Caitlin 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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Synopsis. Navin R. Johnson (Steve Martin) is a dim-witted White man who was adopted as an infant by a poor rural southern Black family.
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An idiotic man struggles to make it through life on his own in St. Louis. 7,759 IMDb 7.1 1 h 34 min 1979. X-Ray R. Comedy · Charming · Coarse · Fun. Available to rent or buy. Rent movie. HD $4.29 $3.59. Buy. HD $14.69. More purchase. options. The price before discount is the median price for the last 90 days.
“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.
