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Ernest Saves Christmas

Release Date:November 11, 1988

Running Time:91 min

Genres:Comedy, Family

Director

Cast

Jim Varney Oliver Clark Noelle Parker Gailard Sartain Billie Bird Bill Byrge Douglas Seale Robert Lesser Key Howard Jack Swanson Buddy Douglas Patty Maloney

Top billed cast (via TMDB).

Synopsis

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.

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