| The Man in the White Suit | |
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 Original quad UK cinema poster. | |
| Directed by | Alexander Mackendrick |
| Written by | John Dighton Roger MacDougall Alexander Mackendrick |
| Produced by | Michael Balcon |
| Starring | Alec Guinness Joan Greenwood Cecil Parker |
| Cinematography | Douglas Slocombe |
| Edited by | Bernard Gribble |
| Music by | Benjamin Frankel |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | General Film Distributors |
Release date |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Box office | £90,000[2] |
The Man in the White Suit is a 1951 British satirical science fiction comedy film made by Ealing Studios. It stars Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood and Cecil Parker and was directed by Alexander Mackendrick. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing (Screenplay) for Roger MacDougall, John Dighton and Alexander Mackendrick.
It followed a common Ealing Studios theme of the "common man" against the Establishment. In this instance the hero falls foul of both trade unions and the wealthy mill owners who attempt to suppress his invention.[3]
Mandy Miller (aged only 6) made her first film appearance in this film.
- ^ "Alec Guinness". Art & Hue. 2019. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
- ^ Harper, Sue; Porter, Vincent (2003). British Cinema of The 1950s The Decline of Deference. Oxford University Press USA. p. 285.
- ^ Street, Sarah (2008). British national cinema. London: Taylor & Francis. p. 81. ISBN 978-0-415-38422-3.