The Man in the White Suit (Original title)
Dates: 1951 (Copyright), 10 September 1951 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Alexander Mackendrick
Synopsis: Comedy. 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.
Genres: Comedy, Science Fiction
Subjects: Inventions, Textiles, Trade unions, Business executives
Releases
Date: 07 August 1951Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - Sound - MonoRuntime: 85 mins Length: 7673 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: February 2019Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 85 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Dates: 1951 (Copyright), 10 September 1951 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Alexander Mackendrick
Synopsis: Comedy. 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.
Genres: Comedy, Science Fiction
Subjects: Inventions, Textiles, Trade unions, Business executives
Releases
Date: 07 August 1951Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - Sound - MonoRuntime: 85 mins Length: 7673 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: February 2019Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 85 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Credits
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©: Ealing Studios Ltd, Production Company: Ealing Studios, Presents: The J. Arthur Rank Organisation, Released through: General Film Distributors Ltd, Produced by: Michael Balcon, Associate Producer: Sidney Cole, Unit Production Manager: L.C. Rudkin, Production Supervisor: Hal Mason, [Producer's Assistant]: Christopher Barry, [2nd Unit Director]: Terry Bishop, Assistant Director: David Peers, [Assistant Director (2nd)]: John Assig, [Assistant Director (3rd)]: Jim O'Connolly, Continuity: Felicia Manheim, [Casting]: Margaret Harper Nelson, [Assistant Casting]: Thelma Graves, [Crowd and Small Parts Casting]: Muriel Cole, Screenplay by: Roger MacDougall, Screenplay by: John Dighton, Alexander Mackendrick, Based on a play by: Roger MacDougall, Director of Photography: Douglas Slocombe, Additional Photography by: Lionel Banes, Camera Operator: Jeff Seaholme, [Focus Puller]: Hugh Wilson, [Clapper Loader]: Michael Shepherd, [Grips]: Ted Lockhart, [Stills]: Jack Dooley, [Floor Stills]: Bob Penn, Special Effects: Sydney Pearson, Special Processes: Geoffrey Dickinson, Editor: Bernard Gribble, [Assistant Editor]: Lionel Selwyn, Art Director: Jim Morahan, [Assistant Art Director]: Len Wills, [Set Dresser]: Andrew Low, Costume Designer: Anthony Mendleson, [Wardrobe Master]: Ernest Farrar, [Men's Wardrobe Assistant]: Ron Beck, [Wardrobe Mistress]: Lily Payne, [Ladies' Wardrobe Assistant]: Edith Crutchley, Make-up: Ernest Taylor, Make-up: Harry Frampton, Hairstyles: Barbara Barnard, [Hairdressing Assistant]: Daphne Martin, Music by: Benjamin Frankel, [Music] Played by: The Philharmonia Orchestra, [Music] Conducted by: Ernest Irving, Sound Supervisor: Stephen Dalby, Recordist: Arthur Bradburn, [Boom Operator]: Cyril Swern, Scientific Adviser: Geoffrey Myers, Studio: Ealing Studios
Cast
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Alec Guinness (Sidney Stratton), Joan Greenwood (Daphne Birnley), Cecil Parker (Alan Birnley), Michael Gough (Michael Corland), Ernest Thesiger (Sir John Kierlaw), Vida Hope (Bertha), Howard Marion Crawford (Cranford), Miles Malleson (the tailor), Henry Mollison (Hoskins), Patric Doonan (Frank), Duncan Lamont (Harry), Harold Goodwin (Wilkins), Colin Gordon (Hill), Joan Harben (Miss Johnson), Arthur Howard (Roberts), Roddy Hughes (Green), Stuart Latham (Harrison), Edie Martin (Mrs Watson), Mandy Miller (Gladdie), Charlotte Mitchell (mill girl), Olaf Olsen (Knudsen, Sir John's butler), Desmond Roberts (Mannering), Ewan Roberts (Fotheringay), John Rudling (Wilson), Charles Saynor (Pete), Russell Waters (Davidson), Brian Worth (King), George Benson (the lodger), Frank Atkinson (the baker), Charles Cullum (1st company director), F.B.J. Sharp (2nd company director), Scott Harold (Express reporter), Jack Howarth (Corland Mill receptionist), Jack McNaughton (taxi driver), Judith Furse (Nurse Gamage), Billy Russell (nightwatchman), David Boyd ([office boy])