The Man in the White Suit

Directed by Alexander Mackendrick
Approved
1951    85mComedy, Drama
7.2100%81%6.9
Sidney Stratton, a humble inventor, develops a fabric which never gets dirty or wears out. This would seem to be a boon for mankind, but the established garment manufacturers don't see it that way; they try to suppress it.
  • Alec GuinnessSidney Stratton
  • Joan GreenwoodDaphne Birnley
  • Cecil ParkerAlan Birnley
  • Michael GoughMichael Corland
  • Ernest ThesigerSir John Kierlaw
  • Vida HopeBertha
  • Howard Marion-CrawfordCranford
  • Miles MallesonThe Tailor
  • Henry MollisonHoskins
  • Patric DoonanFrank
  • Duncan LamontHarry
  • Harold GoodwinWilkins
  • Colin GordonHill
  • Joan HarbenMiss Johnson
  • Arthur HowardRoberts
  • Roddy HughesGreen
  • Stuart LathamHarrison
  • Edie MartinMrs. Watson
  • Mandy MillerGladdie
  • Charlotte MitchellMill Girl
  • Mark SmedleyJuly 20, 2025
    Fabulous story and the politics applicable in the 50’s as well as today

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