

The Importance of Being Earnest
(1952)
June 2, 1952• 1h 35m
72%
TMDB ScoreOverview
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



















