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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, Caitlin Adams, Maurice Evans, and Jackie Mason.
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.
Jan 17, 2024. Rated: 4/5 • Nov 30, 2023. Rated: 3.5/4 • Feb 22, 2022. Navin (Steve Martin) believes he was born a poor black child in Mississippi. He is, however, actually white. Upon figuring ...
Cast (in credits order) verified as complete. Steve Martin. ... Navin / Cat Juggler (as Pig Eye Jackson also) Bernadette Peters. ... Marie. Catlin Adams.
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.
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 ...
The Jerk. An idiotic man struggles to make it through life on his own in St. Louis. The price before discount is the median price for the last 90 days. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started. An idiotic man struggles to make it through life on his own in St. Louis.
