---
title: 'Ernest Saves Christmas (1988)'
type: 'film'
director: 'John R. Cherry III'
released: '1988-11-11'
runtime_minutes: 95
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Family'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/ernest-saves-christmas-1988'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095107/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Ernest Saves Christmas (1988)

1988 · 95 min · Comedy, Family · United States


## Synopsis

Ernest Saves Christmas is a 1988 American Christmas comedy film directed by John Cherry from a screenplay by B. Kline and Ed Turner. It stars Jim Varney, Oliver Clark, Noelle Parker and Douglas Seale. It is the third film to feature the character Ernest P. Worrell and the second film in the Ernest series, after Ernest Goes to Camp (1987). The film chronicles Ernest's attempt to help find a replacement for an aging Santa Claus.

## Credits

- **Director:** [John R. Cherry III](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-r-cherry-iii)
- **Screenplay:** [Ed Turner](https://cinepixo.com/people/ed-turner), [Bosco Kline](https://cinepixo.com/people/bosco-kline)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Mark Snow](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-snow)
- **Director of Photography:** [Peter Stein](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-stein)

## Cast

- [Bob Barnes](https://cinepixo.com/people/bob-barnes)
- [Paul Darby](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-darby)
- [Daniel Butler](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-butler)
- [Jesse Stone](https://cinepixo.com/people/jesse-stone)
- [Phran Gauci](https://cinepixo.com/people/phran-gauci)
- [D. Christian Gottshall](https://cinepixo.com/people/d-christian-gottshall)
- [Larry Francer](https://cinepixo.com/people/larry-francer)
- [Lindsey Alley](https://cinepixo.com/people/lindsey-alley)
- [Key Howard](https://cinepixo.com/people/key-howard)
- [Cyndi Vicino](https://cinepixo.com/people/cyndi-vicino)
- [Danny Dillon](https://cinepixo.com/people/danny-dillon)
- [Angelique Walker](https://cinepixo.com/people/angelique-walker)
- [Barry Brazell](https://cinepixo.com/people/barry-brazell)
- [Tom Nowicki](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-nowicki)
- [Jack Swanson](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-swanson)

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