Ernest Goes to Jail
Guilty of Maximum Fun in the First Degree!
5.0(179) 1990-04-06 81 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.
WriterCharlie Cohen
DirectorJohn Cherry
Original Music ComposerBruce Arntson
Original Music ComposerKirby Shelstad
ProducerStacy Williams
Cast & characters
Jim Varney
as Ernest P. Worrell
Gailard Sartain
as Chuck
Bill Byrge
as Bobby
Barbara Tyson
as Charlotte Sparrow
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Barry Scott
as Rubin Bartlett
Randall 'Tex' Cobb
as Lyle
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Dan Leegant
as Oscar Pendlesmythe
Charles Napier
as Warden
Jackie Welch
as Judge
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Charlie Lamb
as Another Con
Jim Conrad
as Eddie
Jeffrey Buckner Ford
as Defense Attorney
Bruce Arntson
as Juror
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Mike Montgomery
as Warden's Assistant
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Mike Hutchinson
as Gate Guard
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Badd Catt
as Jail Guard (uncredited)
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Melanie Wheeler
as Prosecutor
Daniel Butler
as Waiter
Mac Bennett
as Con
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Rick Schulman
as Mean Guard
Andy Stahl
as Jerry
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Myke R. Mueller
as Vinnie
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John Davis
as Other Guard
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Barkley
as Rimshot
