Feature film — 1990
Ernest Goes to Jail (1990)
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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A high-signal pick with 185 votes.
Silver Screen Partners IV / Touchstone Pictures / Emshell Producers
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Director: John Cherry
On screen
Cast & crew
Jim Varney
Ernest P. Worrell / Felix Nash
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
Jim Conrad
Eddie
Jackie Welch
Judge
Melanie Wheeler
Prosecutor
Jeffrey Buckner Ford
Defense Attorney
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