The Man in the White Suit

Classic British comedy directed by Alexander MacKendrick. Eccentric Sidney Stratton (Alec Guinness) is a laboratory cleaner in a textile factory who invents a material that will neither wear out nor become dirty. Initially hailed as a great discovery, Sidney's astonishing invention is suffocated by the management when they realise that if it never wears out, people will only ever have to purchase one suit of clothing.

Director: Alexander MacKendrick
Producer: Michael Balcon
Writer: Roger MacDougall
Writer: John Dighton
Writer: Alexander MacKendrick
Music: Benjamin Frankel
Director Photography: Douglas Slocombe
Actor: Alec Guinness
Actor: Joan Greenwood
Actor: Cecil Parker
Actor: Michael Gough
Actor: Ernest Thesiger
Actor: Howard Marion Crawford
Actor: Patric Doonan
Actor: Harold Goodwin
Actor: Colin Gordon
Actor: Joan Harben
Actor: Vida Hope
Actor: Duncan Lamont
Actor: Miles Malleson
Actor: John Rudling
Cinematographer: Douglas Slocombe