The read
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes88%
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
126 audience votes
Key crew
- Anthony AsquithDirector
- Benjamin FrankelOriginal Music Composer
- Anthony AsquithScreenplay
Cast
- Michael RedgraveErnest Worthing
- Michael DenisonAlgernon Moncrieff
- Edith EvansLady Bracknell
- Joan GreenwoodGwendolen Fairfax
- Dorothy TutinCecily Cardew
- Margaret RutherfordMiss Prism
- Miles MallesonCanon Chasuble
- Richard WattisSeton
- Walter HuddLane
- Aubrey MatherMerriman
- Ivor BarnardConductor (Uncredited)
Stills
Themes
love trianglemarriagemistaken identityetiquettebased on play or musical