1988
5.3 (187 votes)
1h 31m
Genres
Comedy
Family
Production Companies
Emshell Producers
Touchstone Pictures
Silver Screen Partners III
Touchstone Pictures
Silver Screen Partners III
Ernest Saves Christmas
A Holiday Comedy Unlike Any Other!
Overview
When Santa Claus decides to retire and pass on his magic bag of Christmas surprises to a new Saint Nick, he enlists the aid of a hilarious assortment of characters. A perky teen runaway and hapless taxi driver Ernest P. Worrell must convince a skeptical kiddie-show host to take over the post of Father Christmas.
Key Crew
Director: John Cherry
Director of Photography: Peter Stein
Screenplay: Bosco Kline, Ed Turner
Story: Ed Turner
Producer: Stacy Williams, Doug Claybourne
Top Cast
Jim Varney
Ernest P. Worrell
Oliver Clark
Joe Carruthers
Noelle Parker
Harmony
Gailard Sartain
Chuck
Billie Bird
Mary Morrissey
Bill Byrge
Bobby
Douglas Seale
Santa
Robert Lesser
Marty
Videos
Ernest Saves Christmas (1988) | Official Trailer
