"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."
Michael Redgrave
as Ernest Worthing
Michael Denison
as Algernon Moncrieff
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
Richard Wattis
as Seton
Walter Hudd
as Lane
Aubrey Mather
as Merriman
Ivor Barnard
as Conductor (Uncredited)
Anthony Asquith
Director
Oscar Wilde
Theatre Play
Desmond Dickinson
Director of Photography
Benjamin Frankel
Original Music Composer
Arthur Alcott
Production Controller
Beatrice Dawson
Costume Design
Robert Asher
Assistant Director
Earl St. John
Executive Producer
Teddy Baird
Producer
George Blackler
Makeup Artist
Carmen Dillon
Art Direction
Joan Bridge
Other
Yvonne Caffin
Costume Supervisor
Roy Goddard
Production Manager
David Harcourt
Camera Operator
John D. Guthridge
Editor
Eric Wood
Sound Editor
John Dennis
Sound Recordist
Gordon K. McCallum
Joan Davis
Continuity
Biddy Chrystal
Hairstylist
Ernest Archer
Draughtsman
Screenplay
David W. Orton
Second Assistant Director
Peter Lamont
Bert Batt
Third Assistant Camera
Arthur Taksen
Set Dresser
John Box
Harry Gillard
Still Photographer
Dorothy Edwards
Wardrobe Supervisor
Weston Drury Jr.
Casting
Conductor