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The Importance of Being Earnest

(1952)

June 2, 1952• 1h 35m
72%
TMDB Score

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.

Anthony Asquith

Director

Top Billed Cast

MR

Michael Redgrave

Ernest Worthing

MD

Michael Denison

Algernon Moncrieff

EE

Edith Evans

Lady Bracknell

JG

Joan Greenwood

Gwendolen Fairfax

DT

Dorothy Tutin

Cecily Cardew

MR

Margaret Rutherford

Miss Prism

MM

Miles Malleson

Canon Chasuble

RW

Richard Wattis

Seton

WH

Walter Hudd

Lane

AM

Aubrey Mather

Merriman

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