The Man in the White Suit

Name: The Man in the White Suit
Director: Alexander Mackendrick
Released: 1951
Duration: 1 h 22 min
Cast: Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Ernest Thesiger, Michael Gough, Cecil Parker

by Alexander Mackendrick1h251951United Kingdom

Recommended byAki Kaurismäki

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An altruistic chemist invents a fabric which resists wear and stain as a boon to humanity, but big business and labor realize it must be suppressed for economic reasons.

Cast and crew

Credits
- Distributor : Studiocanal
- Photo Director : Douglas Slocombe
- Producer : Michael Balcon
- Director : Alexander Mackendrick
- Scenario : Alexander Mackendrick, Roger MacDougall
- Original Music : Benjamin Frankel
- Editing : Bernard Gribble
Technical details
- Printed format : 35 mm
- Sound mix : Stéréo 2.0
- Year of production : 1951
- French release date : 7 août 1952
- Category : Feature film
- Color : Black and White
- Language : English

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This film is recommended by
- Aki Kaurismäki

The Man in the White Suit

The film"s page

Credits

Technical details

Other films

By the same director

Sweet Smell of Success

Whisky Galore!

From the same year

The Tales of Hoffmann

La Poison

The Truth About Bebe Donge

With the same cast

Alec Guinness

Kind Hearts and Coronets

Lawrence of Arabia

Brother Sun, Sister Moon

Joan Greenwood

Kind Hearts and Coronets

Moonfleet

Whisky Galore!

Ernest Thesiger

Bride of Frankenstein

The Horse's Mouth

Michael Gough

The Go-Between

The Horse's Mouth

Horror of Dracula

Cecil Parker

Under Capricorn

This film is recommended by

Aki Kaurismäki