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6.9After 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.
Released: 1979-12-1494 minDir: Carl ReinerComedy
Cast
- Steve Martin as Navin R. Johnson
- Bernadette Peters as Marie Kimble Johnson
- Catlin Adams as Patty Bernstein
- Mabel King as Mother
- Richard Ward as Father
- Carl Gottlieb as Iron Balls McGinty
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Key dates
- Published
- 20 June 1980
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- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Carl Reiner
- Screenwriter
- Carl Gottlieb
- Cast member
- Lenny Montana
- Composer
- Jack Elliott
- Production company
- Universal Pictures
- Cinematographer
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1970s adventure comedy films1979 American films1979 comedy films1979 English-language films1979 filmsAmerican screwball comedy filmsEnglish-language adventure comedy filmsFilms about music and musiciansFilms directed by Carl ReinerFilms scored by Jack Elliott (composer)Films set in Los AngelesFilms set in Mississippi