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The Importance of Being Earnest

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.

1952 |1h 35m |  Comedy

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Cast

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Michael Redgrave

Ernest Worthing

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Michael Denison

Algernon Moncrieff

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Edith Evans

Lady Bracknell

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Joan Greenwood

Gwendolen Fairfax

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Dorothy Tutin

Cecily Cardew

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Margaret Rutherford

Miss Prism

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Miles Malleson

Canon Chasuble

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Richard Wattis

Seton

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Walter Hudd

Lane

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Aubrey Mather

Merriman

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Ivor Barnard

Conductor (Uncredited)

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Status

Released

Language

English

Budget

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