Rank Organisation (UK)
Directed by Anthony Asquith
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(DVD, Criterion Collection)
Michael Redgrave and Michael Denison are English gentleman harboring alternative identities, each with the name "Ernest". Redgrave has fallen in love with his friend's cousin, while Denison with his friend's ward in the country. The catch is that the two women are attracted to their alternate personalities, mostly because they are named "Ernest". The mess is unraveled when they all meet at a county manor. Often hilarious adaptation of an Oscar Wilde story, with a memorable performances by Edith Evans as an elderly Victorian matron who insists that social mores be followed and Margaret Rutherford as a harried governess.
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