The Man in the White Suit

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

85 mins
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...

Alec Guinness

Sidney Stratton

Joan Greenwood

Daphne Birnley

Cecil Parker

Alan Birnley

Michael Gough

Michael Corland

Ernest Thesiger

Sir John Kierlaw

Vida Hope

Bertha

Miles Malleson

The Tailor

Joan Harben

Miss Johnson

Edie Martin

Mrs. Watson

Olaf Olsen

Knudsen

Ewan Roberts

Fotheringay

George Benson

The Lodger

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)

Douglas Slocombe

Director of Photography

Daphne Martin

Assistant Hairdresser

John Assig

Second Assistant Director

Terry Bishop

Second Unit Director

Jim O'Connolly

Third Assistant Director

Norman Dorme

Draughtsman

Andrew Low

Set Dresser

Len Wills

Assistant Art Director

Mary Habberfield

Sound Editor

Norman King

Sound Engineer

Cyril Swern

Boom Operator

Geoffrey Dickinson

Visual Effects

Jack Dooley

Still Photographer

Bob Penn

Still Photographer

Michael Shepherd

Clapper Loader

Ken Westbury

Assistant Camera

Hugh Wilson

Focus Puller

Thelma Graves

Casting Assistant

Ron Beck

Wardrobe Assistant

Edith Crutchley

Wardrobe Assistant

Ernie Farrer

Wardrobe Master

Lily Payne

Wardrobe Master

Lionel Selwyn

Assistant Editor

Roger MacDougall

Theatre Play

John Dighton

Screenplay

Hal Mason

Production Supervisor

L. C. Rudkin

Unit Production Manager

Stephen Dalby

Sound Supervisor

Jeff Seaholme

Camera Operator

David Peers

Assistant Director

Arthur Bradburn

Sound Recordist

Felicia Manheim

Continuity

Anthony Mendleson

Costume Designer

Geoffrey Dickinson

Special Effects

Sydney Pearson

Special Effects

Ernest Taylor

Makeup Artist

Harry Frampton

Makeup Artist

Barbara Barnard

Hairstylist

Geoffrey Myers

Scientific Consultant

Jim Morahan

Art Direction

Sidney Cole

Associate Producer

Benjamin Frankel

Original Music Composer

Ernest Irving

Conductor

Lionel Banes

Additional Director of Photography

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