The Importance of Being Earnest

Name: The Importance of Being Earnest
Director: Anthony Asquith
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1952
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Michael Redgrave, Michael Denison, Edith Evans, Joan Greenwood, Dorothy Tutin

"They don't come any wilder than Oscar Wilde's classic comedy of manners, morals and morality!"

7.2/10

1952

1h 35m

Comedy

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.