Ernest Goes to Jail

Name: Ernest Goes to Jail
Genre: Comedy, Family, Crime
Released: 1990-04-06
Duration: 1 h 21 min
Rating: 5.5
Cast: Jim Varney, Gailard Sartain, Bill Byrge, Barbara Tyson, Barry Scott

Guilty of Maximum Fun in the First Degree!

Ernest Goes to Jail (1990)

Timing: 1:21 (81 min)

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Release date

1990-04-06

Country

United States

Production

Silver Screen Partners IV, Touchstone Pictures, Emshell Producers

Genre

Comedy, Family, Crime

Budget

Box office

$25 029 569

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Director

John Cherry

Actors

Jim Varney, Gailard Sartain, Bill Byrge, Barbara Tyson, Barry Scott, Randall 'Tex' Cobb, Dan Leegant, Charles Napier, Jackie Welch, Charlie Lamb
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Scenario

Charlie Cohen

Producer

Stacy Williams, Martin Erlichman

Camera operator

Peter Stein

Composer

Bruce Arntson

Artist

Audition

Editing

Sharyn L. Ross
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Short description

Bumbling Ernest P. Worrell is assigned to jury duty, where a crooked lawyer notices a resemblance with crime boss Mr. Nash, and arranges a switch. Nash assumes Ernest's job as a bank employee, while Ernest undergoes Nash's sentence to the electric chair. But instead of killing him, the electrocution gives Ernest superhuman powers, enabling him to escape from jail and foil Nash's attempt to rob the bank.