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Ernest Goes to Jail

Guilty of Maximum Fun in the First Degree!

5.1/ 1019901h 21mPG

ComedyFamilyCrime

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.

Directed by John Cherry

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The cast

Faces behind the story

Jim Varney

Jim Varney

Ernest P. Worrell / Felix Nash

Gailard Sartain

Gailard Sartain

Chuck

Bill Byrge

Bill Byrge

Bobby

Barbara Tyson

Barbara Tyson

Charlotte Sparrow

Barry Scott

Rubin Bartlett

Randall 'Tex' Cobb

Randall 'Tex' Cobb

Lyle

Dan Leegant

Oscar Pendlesmythe

Charles Napier

Charles Napier

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