The Jerk

A rags to riches to rags story.

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.

Steve Martin

(Navin R. Johnson)

Bernadette Peters

(Marie Kimble Johnson)

Catlin Adams

(Patty Bernstein)

Mabel King

Richard Ward

Carl Gottlieb

(Iron Balls McGinty)

Dick Anthony Williams

Bill Macy

M. Emmet Walsh

Dick O'Neill

Maurice Evans

Helena Carroll

Ren Woods

Pepe Serna

Sonny Terry

Brownie McGhee

Jackie Mason

(Harry Hartounian)

Sharon Johansen

(Lenore Hartounian)

Gene LeBell

Carl Reiner

(Carl Reiner the Celebrity)

Larry Hankin

(Circus Hand (uncredited))

Howard Hesseman

(Carnival Worker (uncredited))

Rob Reiner

(Truck Driver Picking Up Navin (uncredited))

Gailard Sartain

(Guy with Cracked Airplane Seats (uncredited))

Lenny Montana

William Schallert

(Judge M.A. Loring)

David Landsberg

Domingo Ambriz

(Father De Cordoba)

Richard Foronjy

Clete Roberts

Frances E. Williams

(Grandma Johnson)

Lydia McGhee

(Cleotis Johnson)

Niko Denise Holmes

(Satch Johnson)

Shawn Harris

(Pierre Johnson)

Nyles Harris

(Leroy Johnson (as Niles Harris))

Susan Denise Harrison

Douglas S. Close

Trinidad Silva

Alston Ahern

Lawrence Green

(Father of the Bride)

Ken Magee

(Carnival Rube)

Tom J. Delaney

Alfred Dennis

Marc Loge

Jon Leichter

Lillian Adams

Joe Lynn

(Voodoo Dancer)

Maurice Marsac

(French Waiter)

Fred Lerner

Jerry G. Velasco

(Man in Garden)

Kimberly Cameron

Elizabeth Macey

Richie Reiner

Daniel Trevor

Benjie Bancroft

(Bailiff (uncredited))