The Importance of Being Earnest

Name: The Importance of Being Earnest
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1952
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 7.2

1952 · 95 min

Comedy

★ 7.2

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Trailer

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.

Crew

Director Anthony Asquith
Screenplay Anthony Asquith
Director of Photography Desmond Dickinson

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
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Miles Malleson
Canon Chasuble
Richard Wattis
Seton
Walter Hudd
Lane
Aubrey Mather
Merriman
Ivor Barnard
Conductor (Uncredited)

Crew

Director — Anthony Asquith
Screenplay — Anthony Asquith
Director of Photography — Desmond Dickinson

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