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The Importance of Being Earnest(1952)

They don't come any wilder than Oscar Wilde's classic comedy of manners, morals and morality!

7.2(125)1h 35m1952-06-02

Comedy

Overview

Two young gentlemen living in 1890s England use the same pseudonym ('Ernest') on the sly, which is fine until they both fall in love with women using that name, which leads to a comedy of mistaken identities.

Director:: Anthony Asquith
Writers:: Oscar Wilde, Anthony Asquith
Producers:: Teddy Baird
Cinematographer:: Desmond Dickinson
Composer:: Benjamin Frankel
Production:: Javelin Films, British Film-Makers, J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Status:: Released

Trailer

Cast

Michael Redgrave

Michael Redgrave

Ernest Worthing

Michael Denison

Michael Denison

Algernon Moncrieff

Edith Evans

Edith Evans

Lady Bracknell

Joan Greenwood

Joan Greenwood

Gwendolen Fairfax

Dorothy Tutin

Dorothy Tutin

Cecily Cardew

Margaret Rutherford

Margaret Rutherford

Miss Prism

Miles Malleson

Miles Malleson

Canon Chasuble

Richard Wattis

Richard Wattis

Seton

Walter Hudd

Walter Hudd

Lane

Aubrey Mather

Aubrey Mather

Merriman

Ivor Barnard

Ivor Barnard

Conductor (Uncredited)