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1984 television film directed by Michael Schultz From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Jerk, Too is a 1984 American made-for-television comedy film starring Mark Blankfield as title character Navin Johnson, in a reworked version of the 1979 Steve Martin film The Jerk.[1] While Martin is credited as "executive producer" of the film, he did not write or appear in the film.[2]
The Jerk, Too | |
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Genre | Comedy |
Written by | Steve Martin (characters) Carl Gottlieb (characters) Ziggy Steinberg Rocco Urbisci |
Directed by | Michael Schultz |
Starring | Mark Blankfield Stacey Nelkin Ray Walston |
Music by | Frank Denson Phil Galdston John Sebastian |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producer | Steve Martin |
Producer | Ziggy Steinberg |
Cinematography | Joseph F. Biroc |
Editors | Jack Gleason Harry Keramidas |
Running time | 95 minutes |
Production companies | 40 Share Productions, Inc. Universal Television |
Original release | |
Network | NBC |
Release | January 6, 1984 |
Navin Johnson sets out to attend the wedding of Marie, his pen pal in California, but runs into a gang of hobos, led by a schemer named Diesel. Diesel discovers Navin's skill at playing poker and takes Navin to Las Vegas where they win enough to travel to Los Angeles in style.
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