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The Importance of Being Earnest

1952
1h 35m
Comedy/Drama
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Cast

Michael Redgrave (Ernest Worthing)Richard Wattis (Seton)Michael Denison (Algernon Moncrieff)Walter Hudd (Lane)Edith Evans (Lady Augusta Bracknell)Joan Greenwood (Gwendolen Fairfax (Her Daughter))Dorothy Tutin (Cecily Cardew)Margaret Rutherford (Miss Letitia Prism)Miles Malleson (Canon Chasuble)Aubrey Mather (Merriman)Ivor Barnard (Conductor)

Director

Anthony Asquith

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Synopsis

When Algernon discovers that his friend, Ernest, has created a fictional brother for whenever he needs a reason to escape dull country life, Algernon poses as the brother, resulting in ever increasing confusion.

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