The Importance of Being Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest

Comedy · 1952 · 1h 35m

Movie

7.2/10 · TMDB

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

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.

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Cast & crew

Michael RedgraveErnest Worthing
Michael DenisonAlgernon Moncrieff
Edith EvansLady Bracknell
Joan GreenwoodGwendolen Fairfax
Dorothy TutinCecily Cardew
Margaret RutherfordMiss Prism
Miles MallesonCanon Chasuble
Richard WattisSeton
Walter HuddLane
Aubrey MatherMerriman
Ivor BarnardConductor (Uncredited)

Information

Release date
2 June 1952
Director
Anthony Asquith
Genres
Comedy
Runtime
1h 35m
Country of origin
United Kingdom

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