• StatusReleased
  • Release Date1979-12-14
  • Runtime94 minutes
  • TaglineA rags to riches to rags story.
  • Revenue100,000,000$
  • GenreComedy
  • Production
    CompaniesUniversal Pictures, Aspen Film Society
  • Budget4,000,000$

Movie Overview

After discovering he's not really black like the rest of his family, likable dimwit Navin Johnson sets off on a hilarious misadventure that takes him from rags to riches and back again. The slaphappy jerk strikes it rich, but life in the fast lane isn't all it's cracked up to be and, in the end, all that really matters to Johnson is his true love.

Casts

Steve Martin

Bernadette Peters

Catlin Adams

Mabel King

Richard Ward

Carl Gottlieb

Bill Macy

M. Emmet Walsh

Dick O'Neill

Maurice Evans

Helena Carroll

Ren Woods

Pepe Serna

Sonny Terry

Brownie McGhee

Jackie Mason

Gene LeBell

Carl Reiner

Lenny Montana

William Schallert