Ernest Goes to Jail
Guilty of Maximum Fun in the First Degree!
1990 | 81m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | John Cherry |
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| Writer: | Charlie Cohen |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Apr 06, 1990 |
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| Director: | John Cherry |
| Writer: | Charlie Cohen |
| Genres: | Family, Comedy, Crime |
| Keywords | prison, electric chair, doppelgänger, irreverent, witty, baffled, exuberant, tennessee, bank robbery, prison break, lighthearted, whimsical, earnest, vibrant, janitor, impersonation, magnetism, absurd, authoritarian, excited |
| Production Companies | Touchstone Pictures, Silver Screen Partners IV, Emshell Producers |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $25,029,791
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| 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 |
| Jackie Welch | Judge |
| Charlie Lamb | Another Con |
| Jim Conrad | Eddie |
| Jeffrey Buckner Ford | Defense Attorney |
| Bruce Arntson | Juror |
| Mike Montgomery | Warden's Assistant |
| Mike Hutchinson | Gate Guard |
| Badd Catt | Jail Guard (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Peter Stein | Director of Photography |
| John Cherry | Director |
| Bruce Arntson | Original Music Composer |
| Terry Arthur | Key Grip |
| Kirby Shelstad | Original Music Composer |
| Charlie Cohen | Writer |
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Like Lucio Fulci directed _Face-Off_. Like some hybrid of _Riki-Oh_ and _Pee-Wee’s Playhouse._ Like a children’s film from another dimension. What if Jim Carrey channeled both Bugs Bunny and Anton Chigur in that universe? What if that dimension had the white Stephen Chow? There’s no need to wonder a ... ny longer. You can find the answers in _Ernest Goes to Jail._
Apr 08, 2024