The Jerk
Brief Synopsis
A naive young man seeks his fortune while trying to escape a deranged killer.
Cast & Crew
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Carl Reiner
Director
Steve Martin
Bernadette Peters
Joe Lynn
Debbie Evans
Carl Reiner
Himself
Film Details
Also Known As
Easy Money, Jerk, Mafkees, Supernollan, vrai schnock
MPAA Rating
Genre
Comedy
Release Date
1979
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 44m
Sound
Mono
Color
Color (Technicolor)
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1
Synopsis
Navin Johnson, an idiotic white man, who has been raised by a poor black family, doesn't realize that he's white, until one day his mother finally tells him. Distraught by the bombshell, he ventures out on his own to start a new life.
Director
Carl Reiner
Director
Cast
Steve Martin
Bernadette Peters
Joe Lynn
Debbie Evans
Carl Reiner
Himself
Fred M. Lerner
Niko Denise Holmes
Mabel King
David Landsberg
Jerry Velasco
Maurice Marsac
Sonny Terry
Carl Gottlieb
Brownie Mcghee
Tom J Delaney
Clete Roberts
Richard Ward
M. Emmet Walsh
Lillian Adams
Daniel Trevor
Alston Ahern
Niles Harris
Elizabeth Macey
Domingo Ambriz
Pig Eye Jackson
Bill Macy
Maurice Evans
Alfred Dennis
Kimberly Cameron
Marc Loge
Dick O'neill
Ken Magee
Frances E Williams
Sharon Johansen
Renn Woods
Susan Denise Harrison
Richard Foronjy
Lawrence Green
Pepe Serna
Carl Reiner
Self
Richie Reiner
Jon Leichter
Jackie Mason
Helena Carroll
Dick Anthony Williams
Catlin Adams
Shawn Harris
Douglas S Close
Lenny Montana
Trinidad Silva
Gene Lebell
Lydia Mcghee
Crew
Del Acevedo
Makeup
Newton Arnold
Assistant Director
Jack T. Collis
Production Designer
Gordon Daniel
Sound Effects Editor
Lee David
Song
Michael Elias
Screenplay
Jack Elliott
Music
Richard Goddard
Set Decorator
Carl Gottlieb
Screenplay
Carl Gottlieb
From Story
Carl Gottlieb
Story By
Joe Hubbard
Art Director
Joseph E Hubbard
Set Decorator
Victor J Kemper
Dp/Cinematographer
Victor J Kemper
Director Of Photography
Huddie Ledbetter
Song
Gil Marchant
Sound Effects Editor
Steve Martin
Song Performer
Steve Martin
From Story
Steve Martin
Story By
Steve Martin
Screenplay
William Mccaughey
Sound
William E Mceuen
Producer
Brownie Mcghee
Song Performer
Hoppy Mehterian
Sound
Ed Milkovich
Assistant Director
Henry Millar
Special Effects
Bud Molin
Editor
Ed Nelson
Sound
Conrad Palmisano
Stunt Coordinator
Bernadette Peters
Song Performer
David V. Picker
Producer
Tony Polk
Sound Effects Editor
Billy Rose
Song
Ron Spang
Associate Editor
Keith Stafford
Sound Effects Editor
Sonny Terry
Song Performer
Robert C. Thomas
Camera Operator
Theadora Van Runkle
Costume Designer
Charles Wilborn
Sound
Film Details
Also Known As
Easy Money, Jerk, Mafkees, Supernollan, vrai schnock
MPAA Rating
Genre
Comedy
Release Date
1979
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 44m
Sound
Mono
Color
Color (Technicolor)
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1
Quotes
For one dollar I'll guess your weight, your height, or your sex.- Navin R. Johnson
Well I'm gonna to go then. And I don't need any of this. I don't need this stuff, and I don't need you. I don't need anything except this- Navin R. Johnson
and that's it and that's the only thing I need, is this. I don't need this or this. Just this ashtray. And this paddle game, the ashtray and the paddle game and that's all I need. And this remote control. The ashtray, the paddle game, and the remote control, and that's all I need. And these matches. The ashtray, and these matches, and the remote control and the paddle ball. And this lamp. The ashtray, this paddle game and the remote control and the lamp and that's all I need. And that's all I need too. I don't need one other thing, not one - I need this. The paddle game, and the chair, and the remote control, and the matches, for sure. And this. And that's all I need. The ashtray, the remote control, the paddle game, this magazine and the chair.- Navin R. Johnson
Navin, I'd love you if you were the color of a baboon's ass.- Mother
I was born a poor black child.- Navin R. Johnson
He hates these cans. Stay away from the cans.- Navin R. Johnson
Trivia
Originally entitled "Easy Money".
The song that Navin and Marie sing as they walk along the beach, "Tonight You Belong To Me", was a hit in the '50s for sister duet Patience and Prudence.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States November 1979
Released in United States Winter December 14, 1979
Released in USA on video/DVD.
Released in United States November 1979
Released in United States Winter December 14, 1979
