Ernest Goes to Jail

Ernest Goes to Jail (2025)

2025

Comedy / Family

4.9 from 10 with total 88 votes

1990-04-06

81 minutes

Bumbling Ernest P. Worrell is assigned to jury duty, where a crooked lawyer notices a resemblance with crime boss Mr. Nash, and arranges a switch. Nash assumes Ernest\'s job as a bank employee, while Ernest undergoes Nash\'s sentence to the electric chair. But instead of killing him, the electrocution gives Ernest superhuman powers, enabling him to escape from jail and foil Nash\'s attempt to rob the bank.

Jim Varney character Ernest P. Worrell

Gailard Sartain character Chuck

Bill Byrge character Bobby

Barbara Tyson character Charlotte Sparrow (as Barbara Bush)

Barry Scott character Rubin Bartlett

Randall 'Tex' Cobb character Lyle

Dan Leegant character Oscar Pendlesmythe

Charles Napier character Warden

Jackie Welch character Judge

Charlie Lamb character Another Con

Jim Conrad character Eddie

Jeffrey Buckner Ford character Defense Attorney (as Buck Ford)

Bruce Arntson character Juror

Mike Montgomery character Warden's Assistant

Mike Hutchinson character Gate Guard