The Man in the White Suit

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...

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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

Stuart Latham

Harrison

Edie Martin

Mrs. Watson

Mandy Miller

Gladdie

Olaf Olsen

Knudsen

Desmond Roberts

Mannering

Ewan Roberts

Fotheringay

Russell Waters

Davidson

George Benson

The Lodger

Frank Atkinson

The Baker

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)

Art

Andrew Low

Set Dresser

Norman Dorme

Draughtsman

Len Wills

Assistant Art Director

Jim Morahan

Art Direction

Camera

Douglas Slocombe

Director of Photography

Jack Dooley

Still Photographer

Bob Penn

Still Photographer

Hugh Wilson

Focus Puller

Ken Westbury

Assistant Camera

Michael Shepherd

Clapper Loader

Jeff Seaholme

Camera Operator

Lionel Banes

Additional Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Ernie Farrer

Wardrobe Master

Ron Beck

Wardrobe Assistant

Lily Payne

Wardrobe Master

Edith Crutchley

Wardrobe Assistant

Daphne Martin

Assistant Hairdresser

Barbara Barnard

Hairstylist

Ernest Taylor

Makeup Artist

Harry Frampton

Makeup Artist

Anthony Mendleson

Costume Designer

Crew

Sydney Pearson

Special Effects

Geoffrey Myers

Scientific Consultant

Geoffrey Dickinson

Special Effects

Directing

Jim O'Connolly

Third Assistant Director

John Assig

Second Assistant Director

Terry Bishop

Second Unit Director

David Peers

Assistant Director

Felicia Manheim

Continuity

Editing

Lionel Selwyn

Assistant Editor

Production

Michael Balcon

Producer

Thelma Graves

Casting Assistant

Hal Mason

Production Supervisor

L. C. Rudkin

Unit Production Manager

Sidney Cole

Associate Producer

Sound

Cyril Swern

Boom Operator

Mary Habberfield

Sound Editor

Norman King

Sound Engineer

Benjamin Frankel

Original Music Composer

Arthur Bradburn

Sound Recordist

Stephen Dalby

Sound Supervisor

Ernest Irving

Conductor

Writing

Roger MacDougall

Screenplay

Roger MacDougall

Theatre Play

John Dighton

Screenplay

Art

Andrew Low

Set Dresser

Norman Dorme

Draughtsman

Len Wills

Assistant Art Director

Jim Morahan

Art Direction

Camera

Douglas Slocombe

Director of Photography

Jack Dooley

Still Photographer

Bob Penn

Still Photographer

Hugh Wilson

Focus Puller

Ken Westbury

Assistant Camera

Michael Shepherd

Clapper Loader

Jeff Seaholme

Camera Operator

Lionel Banes

Additional Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Ernie Farrer

Wardrobe Master

Ron Beck

Wardrobe Assistant

Lily Payne

Wardrobe Master

Edith Crutchley

Wardrobe Assistant

Daphne Martin

Assistant Hairdresser

Barbara Barnard

Hairstylist

Ernest Taylor

Makeup Artist

Harry Frampton

Makeup Artist

Anthony Mendleson

Costume Designer

Crew

Sydney Pearson

Special Effects

Geoffrey Myers

Scientific Consultant

Geoffrey Dickinson

Special Effects

Directing

Jim O'Connolly

Third Assistant Director

John Assig

Second Assistant Director

Terry Bishop

Second Unit Director

David Peers

Assistant Director

Felicia Manheim

Continuity

Editing

Lionel Selwyn

Assistant Editor

Production

Michael Balcon

Producer

Thelma Graves

Casting Assistant

Hal Mason

Production Supervisor

L. C. Rudkin

Unit Production Manager

Sidney Cole

Associate Producer

Sound

Cyril Swern

Boom Operator

Mary Habberfield

Sound Editor

Norman King

Sound Engineer

Benjamin Frankel

Original Music Composer

Arthur Bradburn

Sound Recordist

Stephen Dalby

Sound Supervisor

Ernest Irving

Conductor

Writing

Roger MacDougall

Screenplay

Roger MacDougall

Theatre Play

John Dighton

Screenplay