The Jerk

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.

Rating

R

Release Year

1979

Duration

01:34

Genres

Comedy

Director

Carl Reiner

Cast

Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Jackie Mason