The Man in the White Suit (1951)

Directed by

Alexander Mackendrick

Genre

comedy film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 25m

Rated

AL

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 209 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A scientist invents a fabric that never gets dirty or wears out. The invention threatens both factory owners and labor unions, who team up to stop him. Comic chaos follows as the inventor tries to protect his creation.

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What happens

The Man in the White Suit is a 1951 British satirical science fiction comedy film made by Ealing Studios. It stars Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood and Cecil Parker and was directed by Alexander Mackendrick. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing (Screenplay) for Roger MacDougall, John Dighton and Alexander Mackendrick. It followed a common Ealing Studios theme of the "common man" against the Establishment. In this instance the hero falls foul of both trade unions and the wealthy mill owners who attempt to suppress his invention, a fabric that never wears out. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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