Jerk, The

That wild and crazy guy, Steve Martin, makes his film-starring debut in the wacky comedy hit The Jerk. Steve portrays Navin Johnson, adopted son of a poor black sharecropper family, whose crazy inventions lead him from rags to riches and right back to rags. Along the way, he's smitten with a lady motorcycle racer, survives a series of screwball attacks by a deranged killer, becomes a millionaire by inventing the "Opti-grab" handle for glasses - and shows why he's one of the hottest comic performers in the world.

Cast

• Steve Martin

• Bernadette Peters

• Catlin Adams

• Mabel King

• Richard Ward

• Dick Anthony Williams

• Bill Macy

• M. Emmet Walsh

• Dick O'Neill

• Maurice Evans

• Helena Carroll

• Ren Wood

• Pepe Serna

• Sonny Terry

• Brownie McGee

• Jackie Mason

Director

Carl Reiner