Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 91 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
When Santa Claus decides to retire and pass on his magic bag of Christmas surprises to a new Saint Nick, he enlists the aid of a hilarious assortment of characters. A perky teen runaway and hapless taxi driver Ernest P. Worrell must convince a skeptical kiddie-show host to take over the post of Father Christmas.
- holiday
- christmas
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Billie Bird — Mary Morrissey
- Bill Byrge — Bobby
- Douglas Seale — Santa
- Robert Lesser — Marty
- Key Howard — Immigration Agent
- Jack Swanson — Businessman
- Buddy Douglas — Pyramus
- Patty Maloney — Thisbe
- Beecher Martin — Agent Skippy
- Barry Brazell — Cab Passenger
- George Kaplan — Mr. Dillis
- Directed
- John Cherry
Production
- Rating
- 5.4 / 10 · 217 ratings
- Studio
- Emshell Producers, Touchstone Pictures, Silver Screen Partners III
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1987Ernest Goes to Camp
Where it starts.
Ernest Saves Christmas
1988 · You’re here
Ernest Goes to Jail
1990
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.
