Directed by John R. Cherry III Written by Charlie Cohen   Cast Jim Varney ... Ernest P. Worrell / Mr. Nash / Aunt Nelda Gailard Sartain ... Chuck Bill Byrge ... Bobby Barbara Tyson ... Charlotte Sparrow (as Barbara Bush) Barry Scott ... Rubin Bartlett Randall 'Tex' Cobb ... Lyle Dan Leegant ... Oscar Pendlesmythe Charles Napier ... Warden Jim Conrad ... Eddie Jackie Welch ... Judge Melanie Wheeler ... Prosecutor Jeffrey Buckner Ford ... Defense Attorney (as Buck Ford) Daniel Butler ... Waiter Charlie Lamb ... Another Con Mac Bennett ... Con Rick Schulman ... Mean Guard Bruce Arntson ... Juror Andy Stahl ... Jerry (as Andrew Stahl) Bob Babbitt ... Washing Con Myke R. Mueller ... Vinnie (as Myke Mueller) John Davis ... Other Guard Mike Montgomery ... Warden's Assistant Mike Hutchinson ... Gate Guard Barkley ... Rimshot Uncredited Cast Badd Catt ... Jail Guard Steve Jarrell ... Prisoner Gregory Lee Knowles ... Prison Guard Chambers Stevens ... Jury Man Produced by Martin Erlichman   Coke Sams   Phil Walden   Stacy Williams   Original Music by Bruce Arntson Kirby Shelstad

Additional Info Premiere: April 06, 1990 DVD Release: September 03, 2002 Blu-ray Release: March 22, 2011 Country: Distributor: Mill Creek Entertainment Websites: Production Companies Touchstone Pictures Distributors Mill Creek Entertainment   (2011) (USA) (Blu-ray) (DVD) National Broadcasting Company (NBC)   (1994) (USA) (TV) Touchstone Home Video   (USA) (DVD) Touchstone Home Video   (USA) (VHS) Rating Stats Overall Rating 6.3 / 10 Our Rating 7.1 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 6.8 / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #4,607 / 20,711 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 3 total ratings Almost Perfect 3 total ratings Site Ranking #4,603 The Adventures Of Pete & Pete: Season 1 (1993) #4,604 The Mangler (1995) #4,605 The Broken Hearts Gallery (2020) #4,606 NOS4A2: Season 2 (2020) #4,607 Ernest Goes To Jail (1990) #4,608 Going Places (1974) #4,609 Krisha (2015) #4,610 Midnight In The Switchgrass (2021) #4,611 Seberg (2019)