Ernest Goes to Jail (1990)
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In Ernest Goes to Jail, Jim Varney returns as leering idiot savant Ernest P. Worrall, star of scores of TV commercials and feature films. Varney also takes on a second role in the film: an unrepentant, cold-blooded murderer named Felix Nash. When Ernest serves on the jury for Nash's murder trial, Nash arranges for look-alike Ernest to go to jail, while he stays on the outside to plan a major bank heist. Fortuitously for the criminal, it's the same bank where Ernest works as a security guard. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Jim Varney, Gailard Sartain, (more)
- Director(s):
- John Cherry
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Ernest Goes to Jail
In Ernest Goes to Jail, Jim Varney returns as leering idiot savant Ernest P. Worrall, star of scores of TV commercials and feature films. Varney also takes on a second role in the film: an unrepentant, cold-blooded murderer named Felix Nash. When Ernest serves on the jury for Nash's murder trial, Nash arranges for look-alike Ernest to go to jail, while he stays on the outside to plan a major bank heist. Fortuitously for the criminal, it's the same bank where Ernest works as a security guard. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 81 mins
Complete Cast of Ernest Goes to Jail
- Jim Varney - Ernest P. Worrell
- Gailard Sartain - Chuck
- Barbara Bush - Charlotte Sparrow
- Randall "Tex" Cobb - Lyle
- Charles Napier - Warden
- Jackie Welch - Judge
- Mike Hutchinson - Gate Guard
- Melanie Wheeler - Prosecutor
- John Davis - Other Guard
- Bruce Arntson - Juror
- Rick Shulman - Mean Guard
- Buck Ford - Defense Attorney
- Jim Varney - Mr. Nash
- Bill Byrge - Bobby
- Barry Scott - Rubin Bartlett
- Dan Leegant - Oscar Pendlesmythe
- Jim Conrad - Eddie
- Bob Babbitt - Washing Con
- Charles Lamb - Con
- Daniel Butler - Waiter
- Michael Montgomery - Warden's Assistant
- Andrew Stahl - Jerry
- Myke R. Mueller - Vinnie
- Mac Bennett - Con
- Director(s):
- John Cherry
- Writer(s):
- Charlie Cohen
- Producer(s):
- Stacy Williams, Martin Erlichman
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Slapstick Violence, Excellent For Children)
- Categories:
- Comedy
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