Film

The Importance of Being Earnest

1952 · 1h 35m · Comedy

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

IMDb

7.4

Rotten Tomatoes

88%

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.

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

Ivor Barnard

Conductor (Uncredited)

• Anthony AsquithDirector · Screenplay
• Teddy BairdProducer
• Earl St. JohnExecutive Producer
• Desmond DickinsonDirector of Photography
• Benjamin FrankelOriginal Music Composer
• John D. GuthridgeEditor
• Weston Drury Jr.Casting

The Importance of Being Earnest (1952) trailer

Release date

June 2, 1952

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

12

Genres

Comedy

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