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Summary

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.

Details

Release Date: April 6, 1990

Runtime: 81 minutes

Genres: Comedy, Family, Crime

Rating: 5.0/10 (154 votes)


Ernest Collection

  • Ernest Goes to Camp

    Ernest Goes to Camp

    Ernest, a lovable loser who works as a summer camp handyman and dreams of becoming a guidance counselor, must find a way to inspire a group of juvenile delinquents while stopping a shady strip mining company from closing the camp as well.

  • Ernest Goes to Africa

    Ernest Goes to Africa

    The title says it all. There's a mix up involving stolen diamonds which Ernest has (naturally) made into a yo-yo and given to his would be girlfriend, Rene. But Rene wants a man of action, and doesn't think that Ernest fits the bill. After the bad guys come looking for the stolen diamonds and kidnap Rene, all of her fantasies come true as Ernest has to go to Africa to rescue her.

  • Ernest Goes to Jail

    Ernest Goes to Jail

    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.

  • Ernest in the Army

    Ernest in the Army

    Ernest P. Worrell is now in the military as a soldier. Once he begins, him and his team investigates a dictator who was responsible for the wars in the nearly village. Suddenly, Ernest finds a lost boy and has to keep him safe until his father recovers.

  • Ernest Rides Again

    Ernest Rides Again

    Buffoonish Ernest and his dimwitted pal Abner unearth a huge cannon reputed to contain the crown jewels of England.

  • Ernest Saves Christmas

    Ernest Saves Christmas

    When Santa Claus decides to retire and pass on his magic bag of Christmas surprises to a new Saint Nick, he enlists the aid of a hilarious assortment of characters. A perky teen runaway and hapless taxi driver Ernest P. Worrell must convince a skeptical kiddie-show host to take over the post of Father Christmas.

  • Ernest Scared Stupid

    Ernest Scared Stupid

    Well-intentioned, eternally bumbling Ernest P. Worrell accidentally releases an evil demon from its sacred tomb. As the demon flexes its power and goes on a ruinous rampage, good-guy Ernest tries to step in to save the town from mass destruction. Trouble is, a 200-year-old curse has scared Ernest stupid, and that means hilarity all around! So, kick back and let the laugh-ridden adventures begin.

  • Slam Dunk Ernest

    Slam Dunk Ernest

    Ernest P. Worrell becomes a basketball star after an angel bearing an uncanny resemblance to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar gives him a pair of magic sneakers.

  • Ernest Goes to School

    Ernest Goes to School

    Jim Varney's recurring dim-bulb character Ernest P. Worrell returns in this film as a school janitor seeking to obtain a high school diploma.


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Cast

  • Jim Varney

    Jim Varney

    Ernest P. Worrell

  • Gailard Sartain

    Gailard Sartain

    Chuck

  • Bill Byrge

    Bill Byrge

    Bobby

  • Barbara Tyson

    Barbara Tyson

    Charlotte Sparrow

  • Randall "Tex" Cobb

    Randall "Tex" Cobb

    Lyle

  • Charles Napier

    Charles Napier

    Warden

  • Jackie Welch

    Jackie Welch

    Judge

  • Jim Conrad

    Jim Conrad

    Eddie

  • Jeffrey Buckner Ford

    Jeffrey Buckner Ford

    Defense Attorney

  • Bruce Arntson

    Bruce Arntson

    Juror