The Man In The White Suit
- 1951 film
Classic Ealing comedy starring Alec Guinness. Sidney Stratton invents a fibre that never gets dirty and never wears out, but it causes him problems. Also features Joan Greenwood, Cecil Parker, Michael Gough, Ernest Thesiger, Vida Hope and more.
- Repeated Wednesday at 12:55pm on Film4
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The Man In The White Suit trivia
The strange noise of the laboratory equipment was produced with a tuba and a bassoon.
The sound effect was reused in the 2009 film Fantastic Mr Fox as the sound of Bean's cider press.
The film is based on a play by Roger MacDougall called The Flower Within The Bud.