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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 Goes to Jail is a film that explores themes of prison, tennessee, janitor. It also touches on electric chair and bank robbery and impersonation.
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Director
John Cherry
Cast
Jim Varney, Gailard Sartain, Bill Byrge, Barbara Tyson, Barry Scott, Randall 'Tex' Cobb, Dan Leegant, Charles Napier, Jackie Welch, Charlie Lamb
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Caryn James of The New York Times commented that "Ernest Goes to Jail so resembles a high-spirited cartoon that it is likely to be more amusing to children and less painfully obnoxious for parents...
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Ernest Goes to Jail
IMDb
5.0/10
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11%
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Director
John Cherry
Cast
Jim Varney, Gailard Sartain, Bill Byrge, Barbara Tyson, Barry Scott, Randall 'Tex' Cobb, Dan Leegant, Charles Napier, Jackie Welch, Charlie Lamb
What Critics Say
Caryn James of The New York Times commented that "Ernest Goes to Jail so resembles a high-spirited cartoon that it is likely to be more amusing to children and less painfully obnoxious for parents...
0 options ranked by value · 🇺🇸 United States
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