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Oscar Wilde’s comic jewel sparkles in Anthony Asquith’s film adaptation of The Importance of Being Earnest. Featuring brilliantly polished performances by Michael Redgrave, Joan Greenwood, and Dame Edith Evans, the enduringly hilarious story of two young women who think themselves engaged to the same nonexistent man is given the grand Technicolor treatment. Seldom has a classic stage comedy been so engagingly transferred to the screen.
Original Release
06/02/1952
US Release
12/22/1952
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Michael Redgrave | Ernest Worthing |
Richard Wattis | Seton |
Michael Denison | Algernon Moncrieff |
Walter Hudd | Lane |
Edith Evans | Lady Bracknell / Lady Augusta Bracknell |
Joan Greenwood | Gwendolen Fairfax (Her Daughter) / Gwendolen Fairfax |
Dorothy Tutin | Cecily Cardew |
Margaret Rutherford | Miss Prism / Miss Letitia Prism |
Miles Malleson | Canon Chasuble |
Aubrey Mather | Merriman |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Michael Redgrave | Ernest Worthing |
Richard Wattis | Seton |
Michael Denison | Algernon Moncrieff |
Walter Hudd | Lane |
Edith Evans | Lady Bracknell / Lady Augusta Bracknell |
Joan Greenwood | Gwendolen Fairfax (Her Daughter) / Gwendolen Fairfax |
Dorothy Tutin | Cecily Cardew |
Margaret Rutherford | Miss Prism / Miss Letitia Prism |
Miles Malleson | Canon Chasuble |
Aubrey Mather | Merriman |
Ivor Barnard | Conductor / Conductor (Uncredited) |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Earl St. John | Executive Producer |
Teddy Baird | Producer |