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- BFI identifier36991
- Date1951 (Copyright)
1951-09-10 (Release) - Production countryUnited Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisComedy. Young chemist Sidney Stratton invents a white material which will never wear out or get dirty. After initial celebration, the prospect of an end to clothing manufacturing alarms the industry bosses and the unions alike, and Stratton becomes as good as a public enemy. (Synopsis)
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- Subject
- Credits
- CastAlec Guinness (Sidney Stratton)
Joan Greenwood (Daphne Birnley)
Cecil Parker (Alan Birnley)
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Title
The Man in the White Suit (Original)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/7E4F-E322-7CE3-F3CB-B46C-KCategory
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
This work is available to view in the Mediatheque at BFI Southbank.
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35mm BW Positive - Safety - Combined - Viewing
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view all - Scripts / DocumentsMusic Cue Sheet (Special Collections) - MUS-878
Script - Original story: Based on the play by Roger Macdougall - SCR-11928
Script - Original story: Based on the play by Roger Macdougall - SCR-11929
Script - Original story: Based on the play by Roger Macdougall - SCR-11930
Ephemera: publicity - PBS-36991
Film Publicity collection.Box 3. Small pressbooks held. Music cue sheet held.
view all - Posters / DesignsPoster: film - Double crown poster for The Man in the White Suit. The design shows Sidney Stratton (Alec Guinness) in a white suit, striding out from a vivid red ground. Based on an original illustration by A. R. Thomson (Alfred Reginald Thomson) and design by S. John Woods (Sydney John Woods). - PD-12565
Poster: film - Double crown poster for The Man in the White Suit. The design shows Sidney Stratton (Alec Guinness) in a white suit, striding out from a vivid red ground. Based on an original illustration by A. R. Thomson (Alfred Reginald Thomson) and design by S. John Woods (Sydney John Woods). - PD-12566
Poster: film - Double crown poster for The Man in the White Suit. The design shows Sidney Stratton (Alec Guinness) in a white suit, striding out from a vivid red ground. Based on an original illustration by A. R. Thomson (Alfred Reginald Thomson) and design by S. John Woods (Sydney John Woods). - PD-12567
Poster: film - Double crown poster for The Man in the White Suit. The design shows Sidney Stratton (Alec Guinness) in a white suit, striding out from a vivid red ground. Based on an original illustration by A. R. Thomson (Alfred Reginald Thomson) and design by S. John Woods (Sydney John Woods). - PD-12568
Poster: film - Double crown poster for The Man in the White Suit. The design shows Sidney Stratton (Alec Guinness) in a white suit, striding out from a vivid red ground. Based on an original illustration by A. R. Thomson (Alfred Reginald Thomson) and design by S. John Woods (Sydney John Woods). - PD-12569
view all - StillsPhotograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00o-b8z
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view all - ArticlesFilm Review n621 August 2002 - ReviewClassic Television n5 Jun/Jul 1998 - Article, SynopsisSight and Sound v3 n8 August 1993 - Credits, Review, SynopsisCinéaste v18 n1 1990 - Articleview all
- Books
- Digital documentsBFI Southbank programme notes November 2012
BFI Southbank Programme Notes September 2019
available to view in BFI Reuben Library
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Work - 36991 - 1951 (Copyright)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
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