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Home TV The Jerk, Too

The Jerk, Too (1984)

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Synopsis:
The TV sequel -- bordering on a complete remake -- of Steve Martin's feature film, "The Jerk," the saga of Navin Johnson, country bumpkin who leaves the family of black sharecroppers that had raised him and proceeds to make his zany way in the world. Stand-up comic Mark Blankfield, one of Steve's proteges, has the lead in this prospective TV pilot for Martin's production company. Bumbling from one misadventure to another on his cross-couintry odyssey to find his true love on the eve of her wedding to an aristocrat, he teams with enterprising hobo, Ray Walston, dances in the park with bag lady, Gwen Verdon (in a bizarre musical sequence similar to something that might have come from Martin's "Pennies From Heaven"), and beats unbilled Jimmie Walker, Martin Mull and (billed) Lainie Kazan in poker in Las Vegas.


Cast

Name
Credits
Mabel King
Mama Johnson

Gwen Verdon
Bag Lady

Thalmus Rasulala
Crossroads

Ray Walston
Diesel

Patricia Barry
Helen van Buren

Lainie Kazan
Card Player

Martin Mull
Card Player

Olan Soule
Mr Baxter--Postman

Benny Baker
Pop--Bookseller

Frank Birney
Priest

Mark Blankfield
Navin Johnson

Ava Cadell
French Maid

Charlie Dell
Donaldson

Al Fann
Papa Johnson

Gail Ganley
4th Dancer

Chester Grimes
Wheel

Stacy Harris
Carmen Johnson

Barrie Ingham
Carl--Butler

Birl Jonns
2nd Dancer

Jean Leclerc
Count Marco del Belvedere

Maurice Marsac
Chef

Helen Martin
Grandma Johnson

Pat McCormick
Dudley

Stacey Nelkin
Marie van Buren

Jack O'Leary
Porter

Shana O'Neil
1st Kid

Lina Raymond
Cheetah

Gary Riley
2nd Kid

Robert Sampson
Gilbert van Buren

Peter Schrum
Ugly Eddie

Larry B Scott
Harold Johnson

Richard Lee Sung
Hobo Lee

Chet Walker
3rd Dancer

Jimmie Walker
Card Player

Biff Yeager
Security guard

William Smith
Suicide

David J Bowman
Man at Party

Bill Hastings
5th Dancer

Todd Hollowell
Damon Johnson

Joyce O'Neal
Organist

Gene Ramsel
1st Dancer

Bill Saluga
Shoes

Grace Simmons
Trixie

Ron Stern
Goon
Company

Name
Credits
Forty Share Productions > 40 Share Productions
Production Company

Writers

Name
Credits
Steve Martin
Characters as Source Material

Carl Gottlieb
Characters as Source Material

Ziggy Steinberg
Writer

Rocco Urbisci
Writer

Producers

Name
Credits
Steve Martin
Executive Producer

Ziggy Steinberg
Producer

George E Crosby
Associate Producer

Directors

Name
Credits
Michael Schultz
Director

Editor

Name
Credits
Harry Keramidas
Editor

Jack Gleason
Editor

Camera, Film & Tape

Name
Credits
Joseph Biroc
Director of Photography

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