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- How long is Ernest Goes to Jail?
- Ernest Goes to Jail is 1 hr 21 min long.
- Who directed Ernest Goes to Jail?
- John R. Cherry III
- Who is Ernest P. Worrell/Mr. Felix Nash/Auntie Nelda in Ernest Goes to Jail?
- Jim Varney plays Ernest P. Worrell/Mr. Felix Nash/Auntie Nelda in the film.
- What is Ernest Goes to Jail about?
- Dim-witted Ernest (Jim Varney) is a janitor at a bank who gets called for jury duty. It turns out that the murder defendant, Felix Nash (also Varney), is a dead ringer for Ernest. Nash's lawyer (Jeffrey Buckner Ford) ]arranges a switch, and Ernest finds himself on death row while Nash goes to work at the bank, scheming up a way to rob it. Ernest then sets in motion a plan to escape jail, foil Nash's plot, snag the bank clerk job he covets and rescue his favorite teller, Charlotte (Barbara Bush).