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The Man in the White Suit

68.27 %|Aug 7, 1951|Comedy, Science Fiction

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...

Featured Crew

Roger MacDougall
Screenplay
Douglas Slocombe
Director of Photography
Alexander Mackendrick
Director
Michael Balcon
Producer
Cyril Swern
Boom Operator
Jim O'Connolly
Third Assistant Director
Jack Dooley
Still Photographer
Margaret Harper Nelson
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Cast

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Alec Guinness
Sidney Stratton
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Joan Greenwood
Daphne Birnley
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Cecil Parker
Alan Birnley
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Michael Gough
Michael Corland
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Ernest Thesiger
Sir John Kierlaw
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Vida Hope
Bertha
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Miles Malleson
The Tailor
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Joan Harben
Miss Johnson
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Edie Martin
Mrs. Watson
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Olaf Olsen
Knudsen
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Ewan Roberts
Fotheringay
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George Benson
The Lodger
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Charles Cullum
1st Company Director
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F.B.J. Sharp
2nd Company Director
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Scott Harrold
Express Reporter
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Jack Howarth
Receptionist at Corland Mill
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Jack McNaughton
Taxi Driver
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Judith Furse
Nurse Gamage
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Billy Russell
Nightwatchman
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Andy Alston
Mill Worker (uncredited)
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Jack Arrow
Mill Worker (uncredited)
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David Boyd
Office Boy (uncredited)
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Jim Brady
Mill Worker (uncredited)
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Harold Coyne
Mill Worker (uncredited)
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Dan Cressey
Lab Technician (uncredited)
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Alan Haines
Reporter (uncredited)
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Laurence Hepworth
Chauffeur (uncredited)
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Frank Howard
Mill Worker (uncredited)
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Gertrude Kaye
Mill Worker (uncredited)
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Jimmy Millar
Mill Worker (uncredited)
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Arthur Mullard
(uncredited)
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Joe Phelps
Mill Worker (uncredited)
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Johnny Rossi
Baker (uncredited)
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Carol Wolveridge
Schoolgirl in Front of Class (uncredited)