The Importance of Being Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest
1952Comedy95 mins

Plot

Algernon Moncrieff is surprised to discover that his affluent friend -- whom he knows as "Ernest" -- is actually named Jack Worthing. Jack fabricated his alter ego in order to escape his country estate where he... read more

  • Anthony Asquith

    Director

  • Oscar Wilde

    Theatre Play

  • Anthony Asquith

    Screenplay

  • Desmond Dickinson

    Director of Photography

  • John D. Guthridge

    Editor

  • 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)

  • Runtime

    95 minutes

    Released

    1952-06-02

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United Kingdom

    Studios

    Javelin Films

    British Film-Makers

    Sound

  • Benjamin Frankel

    Original Music Composer

  • Updated

    39 days ago

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