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.

GENRE: Comedy
MPAA RATING: R
RUN TIME: 1h 44m
RELEASE DATE: December 14, 1979
STARRING: Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Catlin Adams, Mabel King, Richard Ward
DIRECTOR(S): Carl Reiner
PRODUCER(S): William E. McEuen, David V. Picker
WRITER(S): Steve Martin, Carl Gottlieb, Michael Elias
STUDIO: Universal Pictures