The Man in the White Suit

The Man in the White Suit

 Cast: Alec Guinness
Alec Guinness
, Joan Greenwood
Joan Greenwood
, Cecil Parker
Cecil Parker
, Michael Gough
Michael Gough
, Ernest Thesiger
Ernest Thesiger
The Man in the White Suit

The Man in the White Suit

 Cast: Alec Guinness
Alec Guinness
, Joan Greenwood
Joan Greenwood
, Cecil Parker
Cecil Parker
, Michael Gough
Michael Gough
, Ernest Thesiger
Ernest Thesiger

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Overview

Alec Guinness has one of his finest comic roles in this Ealing satirical comedy about a much patronized amateur scientist whose latest invention creates an uproar in the British textile industry. In the British manufacturing country of Northern England, factory owner Michael Corland (Michael Gough) is showing competitor Alan Bimley (Cecil Parker) around his plant, hoping to borrow some money and marry off his daughter Daphne (Joan Greenwood). They come upon a curious contraption that turns out to be an experiment by employee Sidney Stratton (Alec Guinness). Being a lower class worker, Sidney is summarily fired from his job. Sidney ends up working at Bimley's factory, where he is befriended by militant worker Bertha (Vida Hope). Daphne spots Sidney at the factory and he explains to her the results of his experiment -- a material that is indestructible and impervious to dirt. Bimley discovers this project and throws Sidney out. But Daphne, impressed by his experiments, funds Sidney, installing him in his own laboratory. After a few false starts, Sidney develops a pure white material that can't be dirtied or ruined. But it seems Sidney's invention is too brilliant and effective; if a material is marketed that will last forever, textile mills will go out of business and workers will lose their jobs. Suddenly, poor, luckless Sidney has both management and labor banding together to combat his new invention.

Product Details

Release Date: 09/03/2019
UPC: 0738329236373
Original Release: 1951
Rating: NR
Source: Kl Studio Classics
Region Code: 1
Presentation: [B&W]
Sound: [Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language: English
Time: 1:25:00
Sales rank: 48,480

Special Features

Audio commentary by film historian Dr. Dean Brandum; Revisiting 'The Man in the White Suit' - interviews with filmmaker Stephen Frears and film critic Ian Christie; Theatrical trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Alec Guinness Sidney Stratton
Joan Greenwood Daphne Birnley
Cecil Parker Alan Birnley
Michael Gough Michael Corland,Michael Corland
Ernest Thesiger Sir John Kierlaw,Sir John Kierlaw
Howard Marion-Crawford Cranford
Duncan Lamont Harry
Henry Mollison Hoskins
Vida Hope Bertha
Patric Doonan Frank
Harold Goodwin Wilkins
Olaf Olsen Knudsen
Colin Gordon Hill
Joan Harben Miss Johnson
Miles Malleson Tailor
Arthur Howard Roberts,Receptionist At Corland Mill
Roddy Hughes Green/Roberts
Edie Martin Mrs. Watson
George Benson The Lodger
Judith Furse Nurse Gamage
Frank Atkinson Baker
Billy Russell Night Watchman,Night Watchman
John Rudling Wilson
Desmond Roberts Mannering,Fotheringay
Stuart Latham Harrison
Mandy Miller Gladdie
Brian Worth King
Charlotte Mitchell Mill Girl
Charles Saynor Pete
Russell Waters Davidson
Charles Cullum 1st Company Director
F.B.J. Sharp 2nd Company Director
Scott Harold Express Reporter
Jack McNaughton Taxi Driver
Des Roberts Mannering
Benjamin Frankel Composer

Technical Credits
Alexander Mackendrick Director,Screenwriter
Roger MacDougall Screenwriter
John Dighton Screenwriter
Michael Balcon Producer
Geoffrey Dickinson Special Effects
Sydney Pearson Special Effects
Stephen Dalby Sound Effects,Sound/Sound Designer
Mary Habberfield Sound Effects
Norman King Sound Effects
Cyril Swern Sound Effects
Sidney Cole Producer

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- The Man in the White Suit
1. Chapter 1 [10:02]
2. Chapter 2 [7:53]
3. Chapter 3 [15:55]
4. Chapter 4 [12:04]
5. Chapter 5 [12:11]
6. Chapter 6 [11:20]
7. Chapter 7 [8:18]
8. Chapter 8 [7:31]
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