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The Importance of Being Earnest

1952-06-02

Comedy.1 hrs 35 mins

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

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.

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Michael Redgrave

Ernest Worthing

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Michael Denison

Algernon Moncrieff

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Edith Evans

Lady Bracknell

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Joan Greenwood

Gwendolen Fairfax

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Dorothy Tutin

Cecily Cardew

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Margaret Rutherford

Miss Prism

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Miles Malleson

Canon Chasuble

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Richard Wattis

Seton

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Walter Hudd

Lane

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Aubrey Mather

Merriman

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Ivor Barnard

Conductor (Uncredited)

StatusReleased

Original LanguageEnglish

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