The Importance of Being Earnest
They don't come any wilder than Oscar Wilde's classic comedy of manners, morals and morality!
1952-06-02 | 95 minutes
Plot Summary
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.
Cast
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Michael RedgraveErnest Worthing
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Michael DenisonAlgernon Moncrieff
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Edith EvansLady Bracknell
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Joan GreenwoodGwendolen Fairfax
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Dorothy TutinCecily Cardew
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Margaret RutherfordMiss Prism
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Miles MallesonCanon Chasuble
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Richard WattisSeton
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Walter HuddLane
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Aubrey MatherMerriman
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Ivor BarnardConductor (Uncredited)
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