The Man in the White Suit

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The Man in the White Suit is a 1951 British satirical science-fiction comedy film starring Alec Guinness, about an inventor whose indestructible fabric threatens both labor and industry.

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instanceOf film
science fiction comedy film
award Academy Award nomination for Best Writing, Story and Screenplay
basedOn The Man in the White Suit (play) NERFINISHED
blackAndWhite true
cinematographyBy Douglas Slocombe NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
director Alexander Mackendrick NERFINISHED
distributor General Film Distributors NERFINISHED
Universal-International (United States) NERFINISHED
editedBy Danny Green NERFINISHED
filmingLocation Ealing Studios NERFINISHED
filmMovement Ealing comedies NERFINISHED
genre comedy
satire
science fiction
hasTheme industrial relations
labor versus management
social impact of technology
mainCharacter Sidney Stratton NERFINISHED
medium feature film
musicBy Benjamin Frankel NERFINISHED
narrativeLocation textile industry
notableFor satirical treatment of technological innovation and capitalism
originalLanguage English
playwrightOfSourceWork Roger MacDougall NERFINISHED
plotSummary An inventor creates an apparently indestructible and dirt-resistant fabric that threatens both labor and industry.
portrays conflict between technological progress and economic interests
producer Michael Balcon NERFINISHED
productionCompany Ealing Studios NERFINISHED
releaseDate 1951-08-07
releaseYear 1951
runtimeMinutes 85
screenwriter Alexander Mackendrick NERFINISHED
John Dighton NERFINISHED
Roger MacDougall NERFINISHED
setting United Kingdom NERFINISHED
starring Alec Guinness NERFINISHED
Cecil Parker NERFINISHED
Joan Greenwood NERFINISHED
Michael Gough NERFINISHED

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Sir Michael Balcon notableWork The Man in the White Suit
subject surface form: Michael Balcon
Alec Guinness notableWork The Man in the White Suit
Stanley Holloway notableWork The Man in the White Suit
Desmond Dickinson workedOn The Man in the White Suit
this entity surface form: The Man in the White Suit (1951 film)
Edie Martin notableWork The Man in the White Suit
John Dighton notableWork The Man in the White Suit
John Dighton workedOn The Man in the White Suit
Edward Chapman notableWork The Man in the White Suit
Cecil Parker notableWork The Man in the White Suit
Joan Greenwood notableWork The Man in the White Suit
Joan Greenwood appearedIn The Man in the White Suit
Ealing comedies hasPart The Man in the White Suit