Ernest Goes to Jail

Name: Ernest Goes to Jail
Director: John Cherry
Genre: Comedy, Family, Crime
Released: 1990-04-06
Duration: 81 min
Rating: 5.02
Cast: Jim Varney, Gailard Sartain, Bill Byrge, Barbara Tyson, Barry Scott

“Guilty of Maximum Fun in the First Degree!”

5.0(179)PG19901h 21mEN

Directed by John Cherry

Part of the Ernest Collection

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.

prisontennesseejanitorelectric chairbank robberyimpersonationdoppelgängerprison breakmagnetismirreverentlightheartedabsurd

Box office $25.0M

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