The Jerk

The Jerk (2024)

2024

Comedy

7 from 10 with total 573 votes

1979-12-14

94 minutes

After discovering he\'s not really black like the rest of his family, likable dimwit Navin Johnson runs off on a hilarious misadventure in this comedy classic that takes him from rags to riches and back to rags again. The slaphappy jerk strikes it rich, but life in the fast lane isn\'t all it\'s cracked up to be and, in the end, all that really matters to Johnson is his true love.

Steve Martin character Navin R. Johnson

Bernadette Peters character Marie Kimble Johnson

Catlin Adams character Patty Bernstein

Mabel King character Mother

Richard Ward character Father

Carl Gottlieb character Iron Balls McGinty

Dick Anthony Williams character Taj

Bill Macy character Stan Fox

M. Emmet Walsh character Madman

Dick O'Neill character Frosty

Maurice Evans character Hobart

Helena Carroll character Hester

Ren Woods character Elvira

Pepe Serna character Punk #1

Sonny Terry character Blues Singer

Brownie McGhee character Blues Singer

Jackie Mason character Harry Hartounian

Gene LeBell character Con Man

Carl Reiner character Himself

Larry Hankin character Circus Hand (uncredited)

Howard Hesseman character Carnival Worker (uncredited)

Rob Reiner character Truck Driver Picking Up Navin (uncredited)

Gailard Sartain character Guy with Cracked Airplane Seats (uncredited)