Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 81 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
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.
- prison
- tennessee
- janitor
- electric chair
- bank robbery
- impersonation
- doppelgänger
- prison break
- magnetism
- irreverent
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Barry Scott — Rubin Bartlett
- Randall 'Tex' Cobb — Lyle
- Dan Leegant — Oscar Pendlesmythe
- Charles Napier — Warden
- Jackie Welch — Judge
- Charlie Lamb — Another Con
- Jim Conrad — Eddie
- Jeffrey Buckner Ford — Defense Attorney
- Bruce Arntson — Juror
- Mike Montgomery — Warden's Assistant
- Mike Hutchinson — Gate Guard
- Directed
- John Cherry
- Written
- Charlie Cohen
Production
- Rating
- 5.0 / 10 · 181 ratings
- Studio
- Silver Screen Partners IV, Touchstone Pictures, Emshell Producers
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1987Ernest Goes to Camp
Where it starts.
Ernest Saves Christmas
1988
Ernest Goes to Jail
1990 · You’re here
Ernest Scared Stupid
1991
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
