The Jerk

Comedy · 1979R

That wild and crazy guy, Steve Martin, makes his film-starring debut in the wacky comedy hit The Jerk. Steve plays Navin Johnson, the adopted son of a poor black sharecropper family, whose crazy inventions lead him from rags to riches...right back to rags. Steve propels Navin through a string of misadventures-becoming smitten with a lady motorcycle racer, surviving a series of screwball attacks by a deranged killer, and becoming a millionaire by inventing the "Opti-grab" handle for eyeglasses-and shows why he's one of the hottest comic performers in the world.

Starring

Carl Reiner, Steve Martin, Jack T. Collis, Bernadette Peters, Catlin Adams, April Ferry, Mabel King, Peter Macgregor-Scott, Richard Ward, Theadora Van Runkle

Director

Carl Reiner

Producer

David V. Picker