Importance of Being Earnest (The)
- Director: Anthony Asquith
- Writer: Anthony Asquith; Oscar Wilde
- Producer: Teddy Baird; Earl St. John
CGiii Comment
A gay director, a gay writer...gently and not-so-subtlely mocking heterosexuality.
The definitive cinematic production - all the others simply disintegrate when compared.
Quite charming.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff are two men that are both pretending to be someone they are not.
Cast & Characters
Michael Redgrave as Jack Worthing;
Richard Wattis as Seton;
Michael Denison as Algernon Moncrieff;
Walter Hudd as Lane;
Edith Evans as Lady Bracknell;
Joan Greenwood as Gwendolen Fairfax;
Dorothy Tutin as Cecily Cardew;
Margaret Rutherford as Miss Prism;
Miles Malleson as Canon Chasuble;
Aubrey Mather as Merriman