Top billed cast

1. 

   Michael Redgrave

   Ernest Worthing

2. 

   Michael Denison

   Algernon Moncrieff

3. 

   Edith Evans

   Lady Bracknell

4. 

   Joan Greenwood

   Gwendolen Fairfax

5. 

   Dorothy Tutin

   Cecily Cardew

6. 

   Margaret Rutherford

   Miss Prism

7. 

   Miles Malleson

   Canon Chasuble

8. 

   Richard Wattis

   Seton

9. 

   Walter Hudd

   Lane

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-09-09

There's little point in outlining the plot here - it's not what the film is about. It is the combination of characterisations and the wonderfully witty writing of Oscar Wilde that make this a thoroughly enjoyable film to watch. It makes no bones about it's theatrical origins - even featuring a curtain at the start and the finish, and that sets us up for a cracker of a comedy that swipes at snobbery, pomposity, crass stupidity, deception and offers us a tour de force effort from the inimitable Dame Edith Evans ("Lady Bracknell"). Anthony Asquith has created a delightfully honest interpretation ...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• love triangle
• marriage
• mistaken identity
• etiquette
• based on play or musical