The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)
They don't come any wilder than Oscar Wilde's classic comedy of manners, morals and morality!
95 min
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.
- Release date
- June 2, 1952
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Music
- Benjamin Frankel
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Trailer
Cast
- Michael Redgrave as Ernest Worthing
- Michael Denison as Algernon Moncrieff
- Edith Evans as Lady Augusta Bracknell
- Joan Greenwood as Gwendolen Fairfax
- Dorothy Tutin as Cecily Cardew
- Margaret Rutherford as Miss Laetitia Prism
- Miles Malleson as Canon Chasuble
- Richard Wattis as Seton
- Walter Hudd as Lane
- Aubrey Mather as Merriman
- Ivor Barnard as Conductor (Uncredited)
Crew
- Anthony Asquith · Director
- Oscar Wilde · Writer
- Anthony Asquith · Producer
- Teddy Baird · Producer
- Benjamin Frankel · Composer
- Desmond Dickinson · Cinematographer
- John D. Guthridge · Editor