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Plot

In Ernest Goes to Jail, Jim Varney returns as leering idiot savant Ernest P. Worrall, star of scores of TV commercials and feature films. Varney also takes on a second role in the film: an unrepentant, cold-blooded murderer named Felix Nash. When Ernest serves on the jury for Nash's murder trial, Nash arranges for look-alike Ernest to go to jail, while he stays on the outside to plan a major bank heist. Fortuitously for the criminal, it's the same bank where Ernest works as a security guard.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Comedy
Run Time:
81min.
Theatrical Release Date:
04/06/1990
DVD Release Date:
09/03/2002
Distributor(s):
Buena Vista
Director(s):
John Cherry
Starring:
Jim Varney , Gailard Sartain , Bill Byrge , Barbara Tyson , Barry Scott
Themes:
Twins and Lookalikes,Bank Robbery
Tone:
Goofy,Light
Keywords:
con/scam,false-accusation,gangster,janitor,jury,mistaken-identity,prison,robbery
Country of Origin:
USA (04-06-1990)
Language:
English