Movie Description:
That wild and crazy guy, Steve Martin, makes his film-starring debut inthis wild and crazy comedy hit The Jerk.Steve portrays Navin Johnson, adoptedson of a poor black sharcropperfamily, whose crazy inventions lead him from rags to riches and right back to rags. Along the way, he`s smitten with a ladymotorcycle racer, survives a series of screwball attacks by a deranged killer, becomes a millionaire by inventing the "opti-grab" handle for eyeglasses - andshows why he`s one of the hottest comic performers in America today.