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Ernest Goes to Jail

Guilty of Maximum Fun in the First Degree!

1990★ 5.0 · 1781h 21mComedyFamilyCrime

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.

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Cast

Charles Napier
as Warden

Jim Varney
as Ernest P. Worrell

Randall 'Tex' Cobb
as Lyle

Jim Conrad
as Eddie

Barbara Tyson
as Charlotte Sparrow

Andy Stahl
as Jerry

Gailard Sartain
as Chuck

Dan Leegant
as Oscar Pendlesmythe

Daniel Butler
as Waiter

Bruce Arntson
as Juror

Jeffrey Buckner Ford
as Defense Attorney

Bill Byrge
as Bobby

Collection

Ernest Collection

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Ernest Goes to Camp

1

Ernest Saves Christmas

2

Ernest Goes to Jail

3

Ernest Scared Stupid

4

Ernest Rides Again

5

Ernest Goes to School

6

Slam Dunk Ernest

7

Ernest Goes to Africa

8

Ernest in the Army

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Release date: 1990-04-06

Revenue: $25,029,791

Runtime: 1h 21m

Genres

ComedyFamilyCrime

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