The Man in the White Suit

1951
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The Man in the White Suit
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Title: The Man in the White Suit

Original Title: The Man in the White Suit

Year: 1951

Info

Release Dates

  • UK: August 07 1951
  • United States: March 31 1952

Plot

'The Man in the White Suit' is an English science-fiction satirical film from 1951 directed by Alexander Mackendrick and starring Alec Guinness.

The plot is focused on Sidney Stratton, a young chemical researcher who's repeatedly fired from his jobs at textile mill because his obsession to finally creating an everlasting fibre. While he's working at the Birnley Mill he invents an incredibly strong and bright fibre that repels the dirt and it never wears out. So he makes himself a brand new suit using that fibre. While he's focused on tell the world about his revolutionary invention, the management and the workers of the textile workshop realize that his invention can put the textile industry out of business so they start planning how to get the secret of his genuine fibre.

Awards

  • 1953 Academy Awards (Oscars): 1 0
  • 1952 BAFTA Awards: 1 0

Cast

Alec Guinness

Alec Guinness

Sidney Stratton

Vida Hope

Vida Hope

Bertha

Joan Greenwood

Joan Greenwood

Daphne Birnley

Cecil Parker

Cecil Parker

Alan Birnley

Michael Gough

Michael Gough

Michael Corland

Videos

Trailer 'The Man in the White Suit' 2:38

Photos

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Trivia

The strange noises made by the laboratory apparatus were created by uncredited sound editor Mary Habberfield and produced for the sound track by a tuba and a bassoon.

Alec Guinness performed the stunt of climbing down the side of the mansion. He was convinced by a technician, that twire holding him up would not break but as he was reaching the ground, the wire did in fact break.

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