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Ernest Goes to Jail (1990)
Directed by John Cherry
“Guilty of Maximum Fun in the First Degree!”
Comedy, Family, Crime · 1h 21m
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.
Cast
Jim Varney
Ernest P. Worrell / Felix Nash
Gailard Sartain
Chuck
Bill Byrge
Bobby
Barbara Tyson
Charlotte Sparrow
B
Barry Scott
Rubin Bartlett
Randall 'Tex' Cobb
Lyle
D
Dan Leegant
Oscar Pendlesmythe
Charles Napier
Warden
Jim Conrad
Eddie
Jackie Welch
Judge
M
Melanie Wheeler
Prosecutor
Jeffrey Buckner Ford
Defense Attorney
Crew
- Director
- John Cherry
- Writer
- Charlie Cohen
- Director of Photography
- Peter Stein
- Original Music Composer
- Kirby Shelstad, Bruce Arntson
- Editor
- Sharyn L. Ross
- Producer
- Stacy Williams
Details
- Release date
- 1990-04-06
- Runtime
- 1h 21m
- Genres
- Comedy, Family, Crime
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Silver Screen Partners IV, Touchstone Pictures, Emshell Producers
- Box office
- $25,029,791