The Man in the White Suit

Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi

Alec Guinness	Sidney Stratton
Joan Greenwood	Daphne Birnley
Cecil Parker	Alan Birnley
Michael Gough	Michael Corland
Ernest Thesiger	Sir John Kierlaw
Howard Marion-Crawford	Cranford
Henry Mollison	Hoskins
Vida Hope	Bertha
Patric Doonan	Frank
Duncan Lamont	Harry

Director	Alexander Mackendrick
Producer	Michael Balcon; Sidney Cole
Writer	Roger MacDougall

An altruistic chemist invents a fabric that resists wear and stain as boon to humanity but both capital and labor realize it must be suppressed for economic reasons.