About
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.
Theatrical
May 22, 1987
Box Office
$23.5M
Budget
$3.0M
Return
7.8x
DVD / Blu-ray
Sep 3, 2002
Theaters
1
Director
Writers
Producers
Music
Shane Keister
Studio
Silver Screen Partners II, Touchstone Pictures, Emshell Producers, Silver Screen Partners III
Quotes
See all →Accidental Damage with No Injuries Reported
Mr. Tipton
What happened?
Chief St. Cloud
Ernest broke the sign.
Mr. Tipton
Well. At least no one was hurt.
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Cultural Comparisons in Ceremony and Games
Nurse St. Cloud
And that was the ceremony of the Blade, the Stone and the Arrow.
Ernest
Like in our culture: Paper, Rock, Scissors.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Ernest Collection
A series of films charting the many adventures of good-natured but dim-witted Ernest P. Worrell.
Cast
Full credits →J
Jim Varney
Ernest P. Worrell
V
Victoria Racimo
Nurse St. Cloud
J
John Vernon
Sherman Krader
L
Lyle Alzado
Bronk Stinson (Foreman)
G
Gailard Sartain
Jake
D
Daniel Butler
Eddy
I
Iron Eyes Cody
Old Indian Chief
P
Patrick Day
Bobby Wayne
S
Scott Menville
Crutchfield
J
Jacob Vargas
Bubba Vargas
D
Danny Capri
Danny
H
Hakeem Abdul-Samad
Moustafa-Hakeem Jones
A
Andrew Woodworth
Pennington
R
Richard Speight Jr.
Brooks
J
Jeffrey Buckner Ford
Attorney Elliott Blatz
L
Larry Black
Mr. Tipton
J
Johnson West
Counselor Puckett
M
Mac Bennett
Technician #1
I
Ivan Green
Mr. Stewart
M
Mike Hutchinson
Miner with Walkie-Talkie (uncredited)
