Ernest Goes to Jail (1990)

81 min · Komödie, Splatstick, children's film, comedy film, prison film

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Directors

John R. Cherry III

Cast

Jim Varney, Gailard Sartain, Bill Byrge, Barbara Tyson, Barry Scott, Dan Leegant, Randall 'Tex' Cobb, Charles Napier, Jim Conrad, Myke R. Mueller

The story

Ernest P. Worrell is employed as a night janitor at the Howard Country Bank & Trust where his friends and neighbors, Chuck and Bobby, work as security guards. While trying to use a floor polisher, Ernest makes an enormous mess that results in him being electrocuted with strange results.

Catalogue themes and tags

Defendant, Fun, Gefängnis, Mistake in Person, Sträfling, Verdict, Witze, Zelle, häftlinge, Family Film, Children's, Prison, Comedy, Slapstick

Genres

Komödie, Splatstick, children's film, comedy film, prison film

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