The Jerk
A rags to riches to rags story.
Navin is an idiot. He grew up in Mississippi as adopted son of a black family but on his 18th birthday he feels he wants to discover the rest of the world and sets out to St. Louis. There everyone exploits his naivety, but then a simple invention brings him a fortune.
Direction
Screenplay
Cast
Steve Martin
Navin
Steve Martin
Cat Juggler
Bernadette Peters
Marie
Catlin Adams
Patty Bernstein
Mabel King
Mother
Richard Ward
Father
Dick Anthony Williams
Taj
Bill Macy
Stan Fox
M. Emmet Walsh
Madman
Dick O'Neill
Frosty
Maurice Evans
Hobart
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Jack Elliott
Composer
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Victor J. Kemper
Cinematographer
