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The Jerk

BBC One
on BBC One London

Comedy starring
Steve Martin
Navin Johnson , the white sheep in a poor black family of Mississippi sharecroppers, leaves home to seek his fortune in the big city. Navin's struggle for fame, his invention of an opti-grab device and the earth-shattering discovery of his
"special purpose" are just parts of the Johnson legend.
Director Carl Reiner (1979, 15)
+ See Films: pp 44-50 ****

Contributors

Unknown:
Steve Martin
Unknown:
Navin Johnson
Director:
Carl Reiner
Navin Johnson:
Steve Martin
Marie Kimball:
Bernadette Peters
Patty Bernstein:
Catlin Adams
Mother:
Mabel King
Father:
Richard Ward
Taj:
Dick Anthony Williams
Stan Fox:
Bill MacY
Madman:
M Emmet Walsh
Carl Reiner:
Himself
Source: Radio Times

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