A Holiday Comedy Unlike Any Other!
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.
Directed byJohn Cherry
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Language
- EN
- Released
- November 11, 1988
- Budget
- $6,000,000
- Revenue
- $28,202,109
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Trailers & teasers
![Ernest Saves Christmas (1988) original theatrical teaser trailer [FTD-0262]](https://img.youtube.com/vi/tWo2PkYGBMI/hqdefault.jpg)
Featuring
Cast & crew
Jim Varney
Ernest P. Worrell
Oliver Clark
Joe Carruthers
Noelle Parker
Harmony
Gailard Sartain
Chuck
Billie Bird
Mary Morrissey
Bill Byrge
Bobby
Douglas Seale
Santa
Robert Lesser
Marty
Key Howard
Immigration Agent
Jack Swanson
Businessman
- Directed by
- John Cherry
- Written by
- B. KlineEd Turner
- Produced by
- Stacy WilliamsDoug Claybourne
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