Ernest Goes to Jail (1990)

Directed by

John R. Cherry III

Genre

comedy film, prison film, children's film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 21m

Rated

PG

Rating

5.0 of 10 from 175 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Ernest P. Worrell accidentally ends up in prison after being mistaken for a dangerous criminal. He bumbles his way through jail life while trying to clear his name and avoid the real bad guys.

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What happens

Ernest Goes to Jail is a 1990 American comedy film directed by John Cherry and written by Charlie Cohen. It stars Jim Varney, Gailard Sartain, Barbara Bush, Charles Napier, Randall "Tex" Cobb, Bill Byrge, Barry Scott and Dan Leegant. It is the fourth film to feature the character Ernest P. Worrell and the third film in the Ernest series, after Ernest Goes to Camp (1987) and Ernest Saves Christmas (1988). It was released on April 6, 1990. It grossed $25 million and was the second highest-grossing film in the series. The next film in the series, Ernest Scared Stupid, was released in October 1991. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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