Now, before we get into the various whats and wheres of how you can watch 'Ernest Goes to Jail' right now, here are some specifics about the Silver Screen Partners IV, Touchstone Pictures, Emshell Producers comedy flick. Ernest Goes to Jail starring Jim Varney, Gailard Sartain, Bill Byrge, Barbara Tyson has a PG rating, a runtime of about 1 hr 21 min. The release date of the movie is April 6th, 1990. The movie received a user score of 50/100 on TMDb, which comes from reviews from 160 platform users.
Want the short version of the plot? Here's the plot: "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."
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'Ernest Goes to Jail' Release Dates
Watch in Movie Theaters on April 6th, 1990
Watch on DVD or Blu-ray starting
September 3rd, 2002
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Ernest Movies
A series of films charting the many adventures of good-natured but dim-witted Ernest P. Worrell.
















