The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)
They don't come any wilder than Oscar Wilde's classic comedy of manners, morals and morality!
1952 · 1h 35m · Comedy
Genres: Comedy
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.
Director: Anthony Asquith
Writers: Anthony Asquith
Music by: Benjamin Frankel
Cinematography: Desmond Dickinson
Editor: John D. Guthridge
Rated 7.2/10 by 126 viewers
Cast
Michael Redgrave as Ernest WorthingMichael Denison as Algernon MoncrieffEdith Evans as Lady BracknellJoan Greenwood as Gwendolen FairfaxDorothy Tutin as Cecily CardewMargaret Rutherford as Miss PrismMiles Malleson as Canon ChasubleRichard Wattis as SetonWalter Hudd as LaneAubrey Mather as MerrimanIvor Barnard as Conductor (Uncredited)More like this
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