Directed by John R. Cherry III   Written by Jeffrey Pillars   Joseph Dattorre   John R. Cherry III   Cast Jim Varney ... Pvt. Ernest P. Worrell / Army Captain / Arab on Quicksand Hayley Tyson ... Cindy Swanson David Müller ... Col. Bradley Pierre Gullet (as David Muller) Christo Davids ... Ben-Ali - Lost Desert Boy Jeffrey Pillars ... Gen. Rodney Lincoln (as Jeff Pillars) Duke Ernsberger ... Barnes - General's Aide Ivan D. Lucas ... Pres. Almar Habib Tufuti (as Ivan Lucas) John R. Cherry III ... Sgt. Ben Kovsky - aka 'Sarge' (as John Cherry) Peter Butler ... Ali Tenbu Farouk Valley-Omar ... Kibee (as Farouk Valley Omar) Josh Cherry ... Cpl. Davis Amanda Wilson ... Pretty Woman Tony Hawes ... Mr. Beetleman Gavin Barfield ... Frank Williams - Anchor David Trengrove ... Blostrand Jeff Shapiro ... Comrade Blatz Daniel Kash ... Danny - Crew Guy Peter Krummeck ... Businessman Gordon van Rooyen ... Ambassador Kitchen Zane Rossouw ... Local Boy Robert Foster ... Chuck Wayne Harrison ... Soldier #1 Morné Visser ... Soldier #2 Sean Cameron Michael ... Soldier #3 (as Sean Michael) Uncredited Cast Mark Swanson ... Bubba - Another Lost Boy in the Desert Produced by Kenneth M. Badish   John R. Cherry III   Ken Halloway   Original Music by Mark Adler

Additional Info Premiere: February 24, 1998 DVD Release: October 01, 2002 Country: Distributor: Image Entertainment Websites: Production Companies Active Entertainment (presents) (as A-C-T-I-V-E Entertainment) Emshell Producers Distributors First Look Studios   (2002) (USA) (DVD) Mill Creek Entertainment   (2006) (USA) (DVD) (in 'Maximum Ernest' and 'Essential Erneest' box sets) Image Entertainment   (2012) (USA) (DVD) (in 'Ernest's Wacky Adventures, Vol. 1') Image Entertainment   (2013) (USA) (DVD) (as 'Ernest Triple Feature') Active Entertainment   (USA) (DVD) Ventura Distribution   (USA) (DVD) YouTube   (USA) (video) (streaming) Rating Stats Overall Rating 4.4 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #6,903 / 20,907 Site Ranking #6,899 The Addams Family: Season 2 (1993) #6,900 The Crow: Stairway To Heaven: Season 1 (1998) #6,901 The Transcendents (2018) #6,902 The New Addams Family: Season 1 (1998) #6,903 Ernest In The Army (1998) #6,904 The Main Event (2020) #6,905 Within The Woods (1978) #6,906 ExTerminators (2009) #6,907 The Stylist (2020)