Ernest Saves Christmas A Holiday Comedy Unlike Any Other! Release date: 1988-11-11 Genres: Comedy, Family Actors: Douglas Seale, Gailard Sartain, Oliver Clark, Patty Maloney, Buddy Douglas, Bill Byrge, Daniel Butler, Billie Bird, Jim Varney, Tom Nowicki, Jackie Welch, Noelle Parker, Paul Darby, Robert Lesser, Bill Cordell, Rosa Nevin, Jon Freda, Joe Candelora, Bill Welter, Key Howard, Danny Dillon, Jack Swanson, Antonio Fabrizio, Barry Brazell, Cyndi Vicino, Bob Barnes, Michael O. Smith, Lindsey Alley, Jesse Stone, Beecher Martin, Douglas Brush, Tony Shepherd, Jennifer Peña, Carmen J. Alexander, Bob Norris, Cynthia Ergenbright, Zachary Bowden, Phran Gauci, Angelique Walker, George Kaplan, Donna Phillip Miller, D. Christian Gottshall, Mike Hutchinson, Larry Francer, Miriam P. Saunders, Ray Russell Budget: $6,000,000Revenue: $28,202,109 Runtime: 1 h. 31 min. Score: 5.3/10 Votes: 194 Countries: United States of America Companies: Emshell Producers, Touchstone Pictures, Silver Screen Partners III Available* : Overview: 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.
