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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.
- December 14, 1979
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.
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- Carl Reiner
- 1979-12-14
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
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- Steve Martin
Navin R. Johnson (Steve Martin) is a dim-witted White man who was adopted as an infant by a poor rural southern Black family. Never able to follow the beat of Rhythm and Blues or Gospel, one day as a young man he hears a Lawrence Welk song on the radio and able to follow the beat, he realizes there is more to the world than the 2 room shack ...
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Carl Reiner. Steve Martin. Bernadette Peters. Catlin Adams. An idiotic man struggles to make it through life on his own in St. Louis.
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