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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.
general audience, movie lovers
blow, neominstrelsy, phone book, sharecropper, tennis court
United States of America
asNavin R. Johnson
asMarie Kimble Johnson
asPatty Bernstein
asMother
asFather
asIron Balls McGinty
asTaj
asStan Fox
asMadman
asFrosty
asHobart
asHester
asElvira
asPunk #1
asBlues Singer
asHarry Hartounian
asLenore Hartounian
asCon Man
asCarl Reiner the Celebrity
asCircus Hand (uncredited)
asCarnival Worker (uncredited)
asTruck Driver Picking Up Navin (uncredited)
asGuy with Cracked Airplane Seats (uncredited)
asJudge M.A. Loring
asBank Manager
asFather De Cordoba
asAnnouncer
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