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The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)

They don't come any wilder than Oscar Wilde's classic comedy of manners, morals and morality!

  • Jun 2, 1952
  • 1h 35m
TMDB user score 7.2/10 126 votes on TMDB
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Story

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.

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Cast

  • Michael Redgrave Ernest Worthing
  • Michael Denison Algernon Moncrieff
  • Edith Evans Lady Bracknell
  • Joan Greenwood Gwendolen Fairfax
  • Dorothy Tutin Cecily Cardew
  • Margaret Rutherford Miss Prism
  • Miles Malleson Canon Chasuble
  • Richard Wattis Seton
  • Walter Hudd Lane
  • Aubrey Mather Merriman
  • Ivor Barnard Conductor (Uncredited)

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