Editing Jerk, The (1979)

{{ Infobox Movie 
   | title           = The Jerk
| image           = [[File:The Jerk.jpg|250px]]
| tagline         = 
| director        = Carl Reiner
| writer          = Steve Martin, Carl Gottlieb, Michael Elias
| screenplay      = 
| cast            = Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, M. Emmet Walsh
| story           = 
| producer        = David V. Picker, William E. McEuen
| ex-prod         = 
| cinematographer = Victor J. Kemper
| composer        = 
| editor          = Bud Molin, Ron Spang
| studio          = 
| distributor     = Universal Pictures
| country         = United States
| language        = English
| release date    = December 14, 1979
| location        = 
| runtime         = 94 Minutes
| rating          =R
| budget          = $4,000,000
| gross           = $73,691,419
| book            = 
| wikia           = 
|music by = Jack Elliott}}

==Plot==

==Cast==
*[[Steve Martin (1945)|Steve Martin]] as Navin R. Johnson, Cat Juggler
*Bernadette Peters as Marie Kimble Johnson
*[[M. Emmet Walsh (1935)|M. Emmet Walsh]] as Madman
*Jackie Mason as Harry Hartounian
*Dick O'Neill as Frosty
*Mabel King as Mother
*Richard Ward as Father
*Bill Macy as Stan Fox
*Catlin Adams as Patty Bernstein
*Maurice Evans as Hobart
*Helena Carroll as Hester
*Ren Woods as Elvira Jonson
*Carl Gottlieb as Iron Balls McGinty
*Dick Anthony Williams as Taj
*Domingo Ambriz as Father De Cordoba
*Frances E. Williams as Grandma Johnson
*Lydia McGhee as Cleotis Johnson
*Niko Denise Holmes as Satch Johnson
*Shawn Harris as Pierre Johnson
*Nyles Harris as Leroy Johnson
*Susan Denise Harrison as Lisa Johnson
*Jon Leichter as Billy
*Lillian Adams as Tillie
*Carl Reiner as Himself
*William Schallert as Judge M.A. Loring

==Production==

==Reception==
[[Category:1979 movies]]
[[Category:Comedy]]
[[Category:Universal]]
[[Category:Rated R films]]