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The Importance of Being Earnest

1952·Directed by Anthony Asquith

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Released
June 2, 1952
Runtime
1h 35m

About The Importance of Being Earnest

  • Comedy

Synopsis

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
  • Oscar Wilde
  • Anthony Asquith

Principal cast

In billing order
  • Michael RedgraveErnest Worthing
  • Michael DenisonAlgernon Moncrieff
  • Edith EvansLady Bracknell
  • Joan GreenwoodGwendolen Fairfax
  • Dorothy TutinCecily Cardew
  • Margaret RutherfordMiss Prism
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