Ernest Goes to Jail

Guilty of Maximum Fun in the First Degree!

4/6/19901h 21min5.1/10(183 TMDB votes)

ComedyFamilyCrime

Directed by John Cherry

Plot

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

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

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

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