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The Importance of Being Earnest

19527.2 / 1095 min

Comedy

Overview

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

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.

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)

Crew

Anthony Asquith

Director

Oscar Wilde

Theatre Play

Teddy Baird

Producer

Desmond Dickinson

Director of Photography

Carmen Dillon

Art Direction

John D. Guthridge

Editor

Roy Goddard

Production Manager

Beatrice Dawson

Costume Design

Arthur Alcott

Production Controller

Benjamin Frankel

Original Music Composer

Robert Asher

Assistant Director

David Harcourt

Camera Operator

Joan Bridge

Other

Yvonne Caffin

Costume Supervisor

George Blackler

Makeup Artist

Eric Wood

Sound Editor

Earl St. John

Executive Producer

Gordon K. McCallum

Sound Recordist

John Dennis

Sound Recordist

Joan Davis

Continuity

Anthony Asquith

Screenplay

Weston Drury Jr.

Casting

Biddy Chrystal

Hairstylist

Bert Batt

Third Assistant Camera

David W. Orton

Second Assistant Director

Ernest Archer

Draughtsman

John Box

Draughtsman

Peter Lamont

Draughtsman

Arthur Taksen

Set Dresser

Harry Gillard

Still Photographer

Dorothy Edwards

Wardrobe Supervisor

Benjamin Frankel

Conductor