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The Man in the White Suit

19516.9 / 1085 min

Comedy, Science Fiction

Overview

Guinness is Back...Working Wonders With Wile, Whimsey and Wit!

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...

Cast

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

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 Harrold

Express Reporter

Jack Howarth

Receptionist at Corland Mill

Jack McNaughton

Taxi Driver

Judith Furse

Nurse Gamage

Billy Russell

Nightwatchman

Andy Alston

Mill Worker (uncredited)

Jack Arrow

Mill Worker (uncredited)

David Boyd

Office Boy (uncredited)

Jim Brady

Mill Worker (uncredited)

Harold Coyne

Mill Worker (uncredited)

Dan Cressey

Lab Technician (uncredited)

Alan Haines

Reporter (uncredited)

Laurence Hepworth

Chauffeur (uncredited)

Frank Howard

Mill Worker (uncredited)

Gertrude Kaye

Mill Worker (uncredited)

Jimmy Millar

Mill Worker (uncredited)

Arthur Mullard

(uncredited)

Joe Phelps

Mill Worker (uncredited)

Johnny Rossi

Baker (uncredited)

Carol Wolveridge

Schoolgirl in Front of Class (uncredited)

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

Casting

Ted Lockhart

Grip

Ernie Farrer

Wardrobe Master

Andrew Low

Set Dresser

Mary Habberfield

Sound Editor

Bob Penn

Still Photographer

Hugh Wilson

Focus Puller

John Assig

Second Assistant Director

Norman Dorme

Draughtsman

Len Wills

Assistant Art Director

Geoffrey Dickinson

Visual Effects

Ken Westbury

Assistant Camera

Ron Beck

Wardrobe Assistant

Lily Payne

Wardrobe Master

Norman King

Sound Engineer

Terry Bishop

Second Unit Director

Edith Crutchley

Wardrobe Assistant

Daphne Martin

Assistant Hairdresser

Michael Shepherd

Clapper Loader

Thelma Graves

Casting Assistant

Lionel Selwyn

Assistant Editor

Benjamin Frankel

Original Music Composer

Sydney Pearson

Special Effects

Barbara Barnard

Hairstylist

Ernest Taylor

Makeup Artist

Geoffrey Myers

Scientific Consultant

Harry Frampton

Makeup Artist

Roger MacDougall

Theatre Play

Alexander Mackendrick

Screenplay

Arthur Bradburn

Sound Recordist

Anthony Mendleson

Costume Designer

Hal Mason

Production Supervisor

Stephen Dalby

Sound Supervisor

David Peers

Assistant Director

Felicia Manheim

Continuity

Geoffrey Dickinson

Special Effects

Jim Morahan

Art Direction

L. C. Rudkin

Unit Production Manager

John Dighton

Screenplay

Bernard Gribble

Editor

Jeff Seaholme

Camera Operator

Sidney Cole

Associate Producer

Ernest Irving

Conductor

Lionel Banes

Additional Director of Photography