Ernest Goes to Jail (1990)
PG
16/04/1991 (GB)
Comedy, Family, Crime
1h 21m
- 50% (156 votes)
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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.
- John CherryDirector
- Charlie CohenWriter
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Revenue
$25,029,791
Keywords
- prison
- tennessee
- janitor
- electric chair
- bank robbery
- impersonation
- doppelgänger
- prison break
- magnetism
- irreverent
- lighthearted
- absurd
- witty
- whimsical
- authoritarian
- baffled
- earnest
- excited
- exuberant
- vibrant
Top Billed 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
Jackie Welch
Judge
Charlie Lamb
Another Con
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