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Ernest Goes to Jail

Ernest Goes to Jail1990

★5.081 minComedyFamilyCrime

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.

Director

Writer

Score

Bruce Arntson Kirby Shelstad

Stars

Jim Varney Gailard Sartain Bill Byrge

Cast27

Jim Varney
as Ernest P. Worrell
Gailard Sartain
as Chuck
Bill Byrge
as Bobby
Barbara Tyson
as Charlotte Sparrow
B
Barry Scott
as Rubin Bartlett
Randall 'Tex' Cobb
as Lyle
D
Dan Leegant
as Oscar Pendlesmythe
Charles Napier
as Warden
Jackie Welch
as Judge
C
Charlie Lamb
as Another Con
Jim Conrad
as Eddie
Jeffrey Buckner Ford
as Defense Attorney
Bruce Arntson
as Juror
M
Mike Montgomery
as Warden's Assistant
M
Mike Hutchinson
as Gate Guard
B
Badd Catt
as Jail Guard (uncredited)
M
Melanie Wheeler
as Prosecutor
Daniel Butler
as Waiter
Mac Bennett
as Con
R
Rick Schulman
as Mean Guard
Andy Stahl
as Jerry
M
Myke R. Mueller
as Vinnie
J
John Davis
as Other Guard
B
Barkley
as Rimshot
S
Steve Jarrell
as Prisoner
G
Gregory Lee Knowles
as Prison Guard
Chambers Stevens
as Jury Man

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