The Importance of Being Earnest

7.2 1952 95 min
Comedy

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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Director
Anthony Asquith
Writer
Anthony Asquith

Cast

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Michael Redgrave Ernest Worthing
Michael Denison Algernon Moncrieff
Edith Evans Lady Bracknell
Joan Greenwood Gwendolen Fairfax
Dorothy Tutin Cecily Cardew
Margaret Rutherford Miss Prism
Miles Malleson Canon Chasuble
Richard Wattis Seton
Walter Hudd Lane
Aubrey Mather Merriman
Ivor Barnard Conductor (Uncredited)

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