The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)
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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Cast
- 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)
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