
The Importance of Being Earnest
1952•95 min•
★7.2
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.
Cast & Crew

Michael Redgrave
Ernest Worthing

Michael Denison
Algernon Moncrieff

Edith Evans
Lady Bracknell

Joan Greenwood
Gwendolen Fairfax

Dorothy Tutin
Cecily Cardew

Margaret Rutherford
Miss Prism

Miles Malleson
Canon Chasuble

Richard Wattis
Seton

Walter Hudd
Lane

Aubrey Mather
Merriman

DirectorAnthony Asquith
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