The Importance of Being Earnest
1952
They don't come any wilder than Oscar Wilde's classic comedy of manners, morals and morality!
- Anthony Asquith
- 1h 35m
- June 2, 1952 · United Kingdom
Overview
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- June 2, 1952
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Cast
- Dorothy Tutin,Michael Denison,Richard Wattis,Margaret Rutherford,Edith Evans,Joan Greenwood,Aubrey Mather,Michael Redgrave,Walter Hudd,Ivor Barnardand 1 more
- Director
- Anthony Asquith
- Writer
- Oscar Wilde,Anthony Asquith
- Producer
- Earl St. John,Teddy Baird
- Cinematography
- Desmond Dickinson
- Music
- Benjamin Frankel
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
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- Official site
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