Ernest Saves Christmas (1988)

95 min · Christmas film, Komödie, Splatstick, children's film, comedy film

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Directors

John R. Cherry III

Cast

Jim Varney, Douglas Seale, Oliver Clark, Gailard Sartain, Bill Byrge, Noelle Parker, Billie Bird, Robert Lesser, George Kaplan, Phran Gauci

The story

A man claiming to be Santa Claus arrives in Orlando, Florida, where Ernest P. Worrell works as a taxicab driver. Santa informs Ernest that he is on his way to tell a local celebrity named Joe Carruthers that he has been chosen to be the new Santa Claus.

Catalogue themes and tags

Chaos, Christmas Party, Christmas Tree, Fun, Idiot, Job, Santa Claus, Support, Weihnachten, Witze, Christmas movie, Children's, Comedy, Family Film, Slapstick

Genres

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

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