THE MAN IN THE WHITE SUIT (SPECIAL EDITION) [BLU-RAY]

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• Release Year: 1951
• Genre: Classic, Comedy, Drama, Science-Fiction
• Plot: In this definitive Eagling comedy, Sir Alec Guinness (The Lavender Hill Mob) delivers one of his most beloved performances as Sidney Stratton, an eccentric chemist who one day invents a fiber that never wrinkles, wears out or gets dirty. But when the mill owners and workers both realize that this miracle fabric will destroy their industry, Sidney suddenly becomes the most hunted man in the nation. Can a young idealist trapped between big business and mad unions find safety in science, or will the future of Britain become unraveled by one extraordinary suit? Directed by Alexander Mackendrick (The Lady-killers, Sweet Smell of Success), The Man in the White Suit received an Oscar nomination for Best Screenplay by Mackendrick, Roger MacDougall (A Touch of Larceny) and John Dighton (Roman Holiday). Co-starring Joan Greenwood (Kind Hearts and Coronets), Cecil Parker (Under Capricorn) and Michael Gough (Conga), with stunning black-and-white cinematography by the great Douglas Slocomb (Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade).
• Cast: Alec Guinness, Brian Worth, George Benson, Charles Cullum, F.B.J. Sharp, Scott Harrold, Jack Howarth, Jack McNaughton, Judith Furse, Billy Russell, David Boyd, Alan Haines, Miles Malleson, Frank Atkinson, Russell Waters, Charles Saynor, John Rudling, Ewan Roberts, Cecil Parker, Michael Gough, Ernest Thesiger, Arthur Mullard, Howard Marion-Crawford, Vida Hope, Patric Doonan, Duncan Lamont, Harold Goodwin, Colin Gordon, Joan Harben, Carol Wolveridge, Joan Greenwood, Arthur Howard, Roddy Hughes, Stuart Latham, Edie Martin, Mandy Miller, Charlotte Mitchell, Olaf Olsen, Desmond Roberts, Henry Mollison, Alexander Mackendrick, Roger MacDougall, John Dighton, Michael Balcon, Douglas Slocombe, Bernard Gribble, Benjamin Frankel, Stephen Dalby, Jim Morahan
• Director: Alexander Mackendrick
• Runtime: 1:25
• Company: Ealing Studios, STUDIOCANAL Limited, Kino Lorber
• Media Format: Movie