Michael Redgrave
Ernest Worthing
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The Importance of Being Earnest
“They don't come any wilder than Oscar Wilde's classic comedy of manners, morals and morality!”
U · 2 Jun 1952 · 95 min · English
Comedy
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The film
Synopsis
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 & characters
Michael Denison
Algernon Moncrieff
Edith Evans
Lady Bracknell
Joan Greenwood
Gwendolen Fairfax
Dorothy Tutin
Cecily Cardew
Margaret Rutherford
Miss Prism
M
Miles Malleson
Canon Chasuble
Richard Wattis
Seton
Walter Hudd
Lane
Aubrey Mather
Merriman
Ivor Barnard
Conductor (Uncredited)
Behind the camera
Key crew
- Director
- Anthony Asquith
- Writing
- Oscar Wilde, Anthony Asquith
- Cinematography
- Desmond Dickinson
- Original music
- Benjamin Frankel
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