The Importance of Being Earnest
“They don't come any wilder than Oscar Wilde's classic comedy of manners, morals and morality!”
19521h 35mComedy
Released
June 2, 1952
TMDB Score
72% match · 126 votes
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About the Movie
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.
DirectorAnthony Asquith
- Released
- June 2, 1952
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Studios
- Javelin Films, British Film-Makers, J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Top Billed Cast
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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