The Man in the White Suit (1951)

★ 6.9 1h 25m IMDb
Comedy Sci-Fi

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...

The Man in the White Suit

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Alec Guinness
Alec Guinness as Sidney Stratton Died 2000 · Marylebone, London, England, UK Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE (born Alec Guinness de Cuffe; 2 April 1914 – 5 August 2000) was an English actor. He was featured in several of the Ealing Comedies, including Kind Hearts and Coronets in wh...
Joan Greenwood
Joan Greenwood as Daphne Birnley Died 1987 · Chelsea, London, England, UK Joan Greenwood (4 March 1921 – 27 February 1987) was an English actress. Born in Chelsea, she studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Her husky voice, coupled with her slow, precise elocution, w...
Cecil Parker
Cecil Parker as Alan Birnley Died 1971 · Hastings, Sussex, England, UK Cecil Parker (3 September 1897 – 20 April 1971) was an English character and comedy actor with a distinctive husky voice, who usually played supporting roles in his 91 films made between 1928 and 1969...
Michael Gough
Michael Gough as Michael Corland Died 2011 · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Francis Michael Gough (23 November 1916 – 17 March 2011) was an English character actor who made over 150 film and television appearances, known for his roles in the Hammer Horror Films from 1958 and...
Ernest Thesiger
Ernest Thesiger as Sir John Kierlaw Died 1961 · Chelsea, London, England, UK Ernest Thesiger, CBE, was an English stage and screen actor. He is best known for his distinctive performance as Dr. Septimus Pretorius in James Whale's 1935 film The Bride of Frankenstein..
Vida Hope
Vida Hope as Bertha Died 1963 · Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
Director Alexander Mackendrick
Cast Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Cecil Parker, Michael Gough, Ernest Thesiger, Vida Hope, Howard Marion-Crawford, Miles Malleson, Henry Mollison, Patric Doonan

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