Jury Duty: The Comedy

Ernest Goes to Jail is a 1990 American comedy film directed by John Cherry and written by Charlie Cohen. It stars Jim Varney, Gailard Sartain, Barbara Bush, Charles Napier, Randall "Tex" Cobb, Bill Byrge, Barry Scott and Dan Leegant. It is the fourth film to feature the character Ernest P. Worrell and the third film in the Ernest series, after Ernest Goes to Camp (1987) and Ernest Saves Christmas (1988). It was released on April 6, 1990. It grossed $25 million and was the second highest-grossing film in the series. The next film in the series, Ernest Scared Stupid, was released in October 1991.