The Man in the White Suit

1951 • 85 minutos

Sobre este filme

Sidney Stratton (Alec Guinness), 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. Nevertheless, Sidney is determined to put his invention on the market, forcing the clothing factory bigwigs to resort to more desperate measures.

Classificações e resenhas

Post war British cinematography at its quirky, unassuming best. A young Alec Guinness plays a brilliant and inventive research chemist working anonymously in a grimy North England textile mill. What he invents could change the world but nobody wants it.

A good story about the challenges inventors have. Easily a story that could be retold in today's time.