Sonny Terry

The Jerk -- A short film about a jerk who gets whats comin to him.

That wild and crazy guy, Steve Martin, makes his film-starring debut in the wacky comedy hit The Jerk. Steve plays Navin Johnson, the adopted son of a poor black sharecropper family, whose crazy inventions lead him from rags to riches...right back to rags. Steve propels Navin through a string of misadventures-becoming smitten with a lady motorcycle racer, surviving a series of screwball attacks by a deranged killer, and becoming a millionaire by inventing the "Opti-grab" handle for eyeglasses-and shows why he's one of the hottest comic performers in the world.

Steve Martin, in his break out role, portrays Navin Johnson, an adopted son of a poor black sharecropper family, who ventures out from his rural home into the world at large. His crazy inventions lead him from rags to riches and back to rags.

A complete imbecile struggles to make it through life on his own, until a strange invention makes him unbelievably wealthy.