The Man in the White Suit

A chemist creates a revolutionary fabric and faces opposition from the textile industry who want to buy his invention and threaten to put the industry out of business. The Man in the White Suit is a 1951 English-language Comedy Drama motion picture starring Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Cecil Parker, Michael Gough, Ernest Thesiger, Howard Marion-crawford and Andy Alston. Ealing Studios was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Michael Balcon. The Man in the White Suit is written by John Dighton, Roger Macdougall and Alexander Mackendrick and it is directed by Alexander Mackendrick. General Film Distributors acquired the distribution rights for the film. The Man in the White Suit was released on 29th December 1951 and takes a screen time of 85 minutes. and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released. The motion picture made a box office gross of $0 million. Cinematography was done by Douglas Slocombe and editing by Bernard Gribble. The music was composed by Benjamin Frankel.