Film adaption of the 1895 play by Oscar Wilde. Background: He was found as a baby in a handbag at Victoria Station, in the cloakroom. The bag was left in the Brighton Line cloakroom. He was discovered by Thomas Cardew, who adopted him and made him guardian to his granddaughter, Cecily Cardew.Jack Worthing is living in foster care with landowner and JP, Thomas Cardew. Jack is a respectable member of the community, but he pretends to have an irresponsible younger brother, Ernest.