The Jerk

The Jerk (1979)

A rags to riches to rags story.

TMDb

6.9

14/12/1979 • 1h 34m
original-title

The Jerk

status

Released

production-companies

Universal Pictures

Aspen Film Society

original-language

English

budget

$4,000,000

revenue

$100,000,000

After discovering he's not really black like the rest of his family, likable dimwit Navin Johnson sets off on a hilarious misadventure that takes him from rags to riches and back 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.

director
production-countries

United States of America

spoken-languages

English

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