Ernest Goes to Jail

Name: Ernest Goes to Jail
Genre: Comedy, Family, Crime
Released: 06 Apr 1990
Rating: 5.00
Cast: Jim Varney, Gailard Sartain, Bill Byrge, Barbara Tyson, Barry Scott

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.

Year: 1990

Genre: Comedy, Family, Crime

Studio: Silver Screen Partners IV, Touchstone Pictures, Emshell Producers

Director: John Cherry

Cast: Jim Varney, Gailard Sartain, Bill Byrge, Barbara Tyson, Barry Scott, Randall "Tex" Cobb

Crew: John Cherry (Director), Charlie Cohen (Writer), Terry Arthur (Key Grip), Peter Stein (Director of Photography), Kirby Shelstad (Original Music Composer), Bruce Arntson (Original Music Composer)

Runtime: 81 minutes

Release: Apr 06, 1990

IMDb: 5.00/10 by 154 users

Popularity: 1

Country: United States of America

Language: English

Budget: 0

Revenue: 25,029,791

Keyword : prison, tennessee, janitor, electric chair, bank robbery, impersonation, doppelgänger, prison break, magnetism, irreverent, lighthearted, absurd, witty, whimsical, authoritarian, baffled, earnest, excited, exuberant, vibrant

Comment

LabRat 2024, Mar 25

Like Lucio Fulci directed _Face-Off_. Like some hybrid of _Riki-Oh_ and _Pee-Wee’s Playhouse._ Like a children’s film from another dimension. What if Jim Carrey channeled both Bugs Bunny and Anton Chigur in that universe? What if that dimension had the white Stephen Chow? There’s no need to wonder any longer. You can find the answers in _Ernest Goes to Jail._