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

The Importance of Being Earnest

7.2 / 10 7.2 1952 1h 35m
Comedy

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.

Directed by Anthony Asquith

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CAST

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Michael Redgrave
Michael RedgraveErnest Worthing
Michael Denison
Michael DenisonAlgernon Moncrieff
Edith Evans
Edith EvansLady Bracknell
Joan Greenwood
Joan GreenwoodGwendolen Fairfax
Dorothy Tutin
Dorothy TutinCecily Cardew
Margaret Rutherford
Margaret RutherfordMiss Prism
Miles Malleson
Miles MallesonCanon Chasuble
Richard Wattis
Richard WattisSeton
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