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The Man in the White Suit (1951)
Directed by Alexander Mackendrick
“Guinness is Back...Working Wonders With Wile, Whimsey and Wit!”
Comedy, Science Fiction · 1h 25m
The unassuming, nebbishy inventor Sidney Stratton creates a miraculous fabric that will never be dirty or worn out. Clearly he can make a fortune selling clothes made of the material, but may cause a crisis in the process. After all, once someone buys one of his suits they won't ever have to fix them or buy another one, and the clothing industry will collapse overnight. Nevertheless, Sidney is determined to put his invention on the market, forcing the clothing factory bigwigs to resort to more desperate measures...
Cast
Alec Guinness
Sidney Stratton
Joan Greenwood
Daphne Birnley
Cecil Parker
Alan Birnley
Michael Gough
Michael Corland
Ernest Thesiger
Sir John Kierlaw
Vida Hope
Bertha
Howard Marion-Crawford
Cranford
Miles Malleson
The Tailor
Henry Mollison
Hoskins
Patric Doonan
Frank
Duncan Lamont
Harry
Harold Goodwin
Wilkins
Crew
- Director
- Alexander Mackendrick
- Screenplay
- Roger MacDougall, John Dighton, Alexander Mackendrick
- Director of Photography
- Douglas Slocombe
- Original Music Composer
- Benjamin Frankel
- Editor
- Bernard Gribble
- Producer
- Michael Balcon
Details
- Release date
- 1951-08-07
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Genres
- Comedy, Science Fiction
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- The Rank Organisation, Ealing Studios