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Ernest Goes to Jail(1990)
Status: Released
Date: 1990-04-06
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149 Votes
Time: 1h 21m
Guilty of Maximum Fun in the First Degree!
Overview:
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
Revenue: $25,029,791.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Silver Screen Partners IV
Emshell Producers
Movie: Ernest Goes to Jail
Top 10 Billed Cast
Jim Varney
Ernest P. Worrell
Gailard Sartain
Chuck
Bill Byrge
Bobby
Barbara Tyson
Charlotte Sparrow
Randall "Tex" Cobb
Lyle
Charles Napier
Warden
Jackie Welch
Judge
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