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| Jim Varney | ... | Dr. Otto / Rudd Hardtact / Laughin' Jack / Guy Dandy / Auntie Nelda / Ernest P. Worrell | |
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Glenn Petach | ... | Otto's Head Hand |
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Myke R. Mueller | ... | Lance |
| Jackie Welch | ... | Doris | |
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Daniel Butler | ... | Slave Willie / Kegler |
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Esther Huston | ... | Tina |
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Tina Goetze | ... | Rhonda Sue |
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Jennifer Wood | ... | Monique |
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David Landon | ... | Bank Pres. Rutherford |
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Mac Bennett | ... | V.P. #1 |
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Winslow Stillman | ... | Lance's Dad |
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Mary Jane Harvill | ... | Lance's Mom |
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Irv Kane | ... | Herr Vonschnick |
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Leslie Potter | ... | Mme. Vonschnick |
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Bill Middleton | ... | Man at Autoteller |
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Ernest P. Worrel tries out a strange contraption he bought cheaply called the Changing Coffin. The machine turns him into his opposite - a mad scientist and supervillain bent on world domination called Dr. Otto. He plans to use his Gloom Beam to render all the computers that keep people's financial records and bank accounts useless which would make him the only one with access to all this dough. Bumbling hero Lance Sterling and his cautious sidekick Doris are sent to Dr. Otto's lair to stop him. There, they must face various scary alter egos of Dr. Otto as well as his manservant, Willie the Robot.
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19 July 1985 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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This is the only film featuring Ernest P. Worrell (Jim Varney) in which he is not the title character. See more »Quotes
Dr. Otto: [the Riddle] When the money is scrambled to the very last cent,riots and hatred soon will commence.When all the world's commerce will be put in a bind,from the evil that lurks where the sun never shines.It is I,Dr.Otto von Schnick -ick-ick-ick,who has played on you this trick-ick-ick-ick. "But who's Dr.Otto?" you may well ponder,while all your magnetic cash is squandered.It's he who had an eye,and yet couldn't see.It's he who served bouillabaisse,when he was a she.It's he who gambled with brains...See more »
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I had NO idea that this was actually the first "Ernest" movie (despite the fact that Jim Varney's lunk-head movie character Ernest P. Worrell appeared only for a brief time during the movie.), but it's still a great film. Varney does an excellent job performing his many various characters such as Auntie Nelda, and Ernest's evil alter-ego Dr. Otto who is plotting to make money, and accounts etc. useless to everyone except him! Overall, an excellent film, and a nice start for Jim Varney's sucessful career.
Overall, this movie was good Knowhutimean?