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Ernest Goes to Jail

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Ernest Goes to Jail

Guilty of Maximum Fun in the First Degree!

5.0

1h 21m

1990

“Guilty of Maximum Fun in the First Degree!”

Synopsis

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

John Cherry

Trailer

ComedyFamilyCrime

prisontennesseejanitorelectric chairbank robberyimpersonationdoppelgängerprison breakmagnetismirreverentlightheartedabsurd

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Cast & Crew

Jim Varney

Jim Varney

as Ernest P. Worrell

Gailard Sartain

Gailard Sartain

as Chuck

Bill Byrge

Bill Byrge

as Bobby

Barbara Tyson

Barbara Tyson

as Charlotte Sparrow

Barry Scott

as Rubin Bartlett

Randall 'Tex' Cobb

Randall 'Tex' Cobb

as Lyle

Dan Leegant

as Oscar Pendlesmythe

Charles Napier

Charles Napier

as Warden

Jackie Welch

Jackie Welch

as Judge

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