Ernest Goes to Jail

1990 5.0 (156 votes) 1h 21m

Genres

Comedy Family Crime

Production Companies

Silver Screen Partners IV
Touchstone Pictures
Emshell Producers

Guilty of Maximum Fun in the First Degree!

Overview

Bumbling bank janitor Ernest P. Worrell is assigned to jury duty, and soon finds himself in trouble when he is covertly switched with a look-a-like crime boss. Ernest must escape from jail to expose the mix-up.

Key Crew

Director: John Cherry

Writer: Charlie Cohen

Director of Photography: Peter Stein

Top Cast

Jim Varney

Ernest P. Worrell

Gailard Sartain

Chuck

Bill Byrge

Bobby

Barbara Tyson

Charlotte Sparrow

Barry Scott

Rubin Bartlett

Randall "Tex" Cobb

Lyle

Dan Leegant

Oscar Pendlesmythe

Charles Napier

Warden

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