

The Jerk
Film · 94 min · English · 1979
Directed by Carl Reiner
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, al…
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Universal PicturesReference entity — not verified- Catalogued entity (metadata)
- Universal Pictures
- Country of origin
- United States
- Catalogued
- 2026-09-27
- Registry ID
- MRR-1979-FLM-910014
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