--- title: 'The Jerk (1979)' type: 'film' director: 'Carl Reiner' released: '1979-01-01' runtime_minutes: 94 countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-jerk-1979' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079367/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Jerk (1979) 1979 · 94 min · United States ## Synopsis The Jerk is a 1979 American comedy film directed by Carl Reiner and written by Steve Martin, Carl Gottlieb, and Michael Elias. This was Martin's first starring role in a feature film. The film also features Bernadette Peters, M. Emmet Walsh, Catlin Adams, Maurice Evans, and Jackie Mason. Critical reviews were mostly positive, and The Jerk was a major financial success. ## Credits - **Director:** [Carl Reiner](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-reiner) - **Screenplay:** [Carl Gottlieb](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-gottlieb), [Steve Martin](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-martin) - **Original Music Composer:** [Jack Elliott](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-elliott) - **Director of Photography:** [Victor J. Kemper](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-j-kemper) ## Cast - [Richard Foronjy](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-foronjy) - [William Schallert](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-schallert) - [Richard Ward](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-ward) - [Dick Anthony Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/dick-anthony-williams) - [Helena Carroll](https://cinepixo.com/people/helena-carroll) - [Dick O'Neill](https://cinepixo.com/people/dick-o-neill) - [Renn Woods](https://cinepixo.com/people/renn-woods) - [Bernadette Peters](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernadette-peters) - [Frances E. Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/frances-e-williams) - [Trinidad Silva](https://cinepixo.com/people/trinidad-silva) - [Bill Macy](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-macy) - [Catlin Adams](https://cinepixo.com/people/catlin-adams) - [Mabel King](https://cinepixo.com/people/mabel-king) - [Maurice Marsac](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-marsac) - [David Landsberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-landsberg) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-jerk-1979 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1808437); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.