The Importance of Being Earnest 1952 POSTER

The Importance of Being Earnest

7.4

88%

based on play or musical

mistaken identity

Anthony Asquith

Anthony Asquith Director

Dorothy Tutin

Dorothy Tutin as Cecily Cardew

Michael Redgrave

Michael Redgrave as Ernest Worthing

Edith Evans

Edith Evans as Lady Augusta Bracknell

Richard Wattis

Richard Wattis as Seton

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.

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