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The Importance of Being Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest

IMDB:

7.2
The Importance of Being Earnest

Released

6/2/1952

Duration

1h 35m

Genre

Comedy

Country

United Kingdom

Cast

Michael Redgrave, Michael Denison, Edith Evans

Overview

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

Michael Redgrave

Ernest Worthing

Michael Redgrave

Michael Denison

Algernon Moncrieff

Michael Denison

Edith Evans

Lady Bracknell

Edith Evans

Joan Greenwood

Gwendolen Fairfax

Joan Greenwood

Dorothy Tutin

Cecily Cardew

Dorothy Tutin

Margaret Rutherford

Miss Prism

Margaret Rutherford

Miles Malleson

Canon Chasuble

Miles Malleson

Richard Wattis

Seton

Richard Wattis

Walter Hudd

Lane

Walter Hudd

Aubrey Mather

Merriman

Aubrey Mather

Ivor Barnard

Conductor (Uncredited)

Ivor Barnard