1990
5.0 (155 votes)
1h 21m
Genres
Comedy
Family
Crime
Production Companies
Silver Screen Partners IV
Touchstone Pictures
Emshell Producers
Touchstone Pictures
Emshell Producers
Ernest Goes to Jail
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
Writer: Charlie Cohen
Director: John Cherry
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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