- HD 1080
- Runtime: 81m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: John Cherry
- Stars: Jim Varney, Gailard Sartain, Bill Byrge, Barbara Tyson, Barry Scott
- keywords: prison, tennessee, janitor, electric chair, bank robbery, animal actor, impersonation, doppelgänger, prison break, magnetism, irreverent, lighthearted, absurd, witty, whimsical, authoritarian, baffled, earnest, excited, exuberant, vibrant
- Production_studio: Silver Screen Partners IV, Touchstone Pictures, Emshell Producers
- Slogan: Guilty of Maximum Fun in the First Degree!
- The Ernest Goes to Jail is featured in the top rankings of 1990
- #18 in Top Family Movies of 1990
- #76 in Top Crime Movies of 1990
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.
