The Importance of Being Earnest
The Importance of Being Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest

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

June 2, 195295 min7.2EN
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.

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Cast

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
Walter Hudd
Walter HuddLane
Aubrey Mather
Aubrey MatherMerriman