Michael Redgrave
Ernest Worthing
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The Importance of Being Earnest(1952)
7.2 / 10 on TMDB95 minutes
They don't come any wilder than Oscar Wilde's classic comedy of manners, morals and morality!
Behind the story
What is The Importance of Being Earnest about?
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.
- Genres
- Comedy
- Directed by
- Anthony Asquith
- Release date
- Status
- Released
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Who stars in The Importance of Being Earnest?
Michael Denison
Algernon Moncrieff
Edith Evans
Lady Bracknell
Joan Greenwood
Gwendolen Fairfax
Dorothy Tutin
Cecily Cardew
Margaret Rutherford
Miss Prism
