Ernest Goes to Jail (1990)
Guilty of Maximum Fun in the First Degree!
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.
- Date of release
- 1990-04-06
- TMDB
- 5.0 / 10 (185)
- Runtime
- 1h 21m
- Genres
- Comedy, Family, Crime
- Director
- John Cherry
- Collection
- Ernest Collection
Casting
- Jim Varney — Ernest P. Worrell / Felix Nash
- Gailard Sartain — Chuck
- Bill Byrge — Bobby
- Barbara Tyson — Charlotte Sparrow
- Barry Scott — Rubin Bartlett
- Randall 'Tex' Cobb — Lyle
- Dan Leegant — Oscar Pendlesmythe
- Charles Napier — Warden
- Jim Conrad — Eddie
- Jackie Welch — Judge
- Melanie Wheeler — Prosecutor
- Jeffrey Buckner Ford — Defense Attorney
Interesting facts
Ernest Goes to Jail is a 1990 American comedy film directed by John Cherry and written by Charlie Cohen. It stars Jim Varney, Gailard Sartain, Barbara Bush, Charles Napier, Randall "Tex" Cobb, Bill Byrge, Barry Scott and Dan Leegant.
Production
Principal photography took place in Nashville from September 25 until November 15, 1989. A former manufacturing plant in Nashville was converted into a 100,000-square-foot studio by the production designer. This is where the sets were built for, Howard County Bank & Trust, two three-story jail cell tiers, an electrocution room, and Ernest's house. Scenes were shot at the Tennessee State Prison for three days.
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