The Jerk

Bold textThe Jerk

Italic textCOMEDY (1979)

Steve Martin: Navin Johnson Bernadette Peters: Marie Kimble Johnson

PLOT: Navin is an idiot. Hew grew up in Mississippi as adopted son of a black family. But at his 18th birthday he feels he wants to discover the rest of the world and sets out to St. Louis... Everyone exploits his naivety, but then a simple invention brings him a fortune. Written by Tom Zoerner {Tom.Zoerner@informatik.uni-erlangen.de}