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Guinness is Back...Working Wonders With Wile, Whimsey and Wit!
The unassuming, nebbishy inventor Sidney Stratton creates a miraculous fabric that will never be dirty or worn out. Clearly he can make a fortune selling clothes made of the material, but may cause a crisis in the process. After all, once someone buys one of his suits they won't ever have to fix them or buy another one, and the clothing industry will collapse overnight. Nevertheless, Sidney is determined to put his invention on the market, forcing the clothing factory bigwigs to resort to more desperate measures...Read moreLess
The unassuming, nebbishy inventor Sidney Stratton creates a miraculous fabric that will never be dirty or worn out. Clearly he can make a fortune selling clothes made of the material, but may cause a crisis in the process. After all, once someone buys one of his suits they won't ever have to fix them or buy another one, and the clothing industry will collapse overnight. Nevertheless, Sidney is determined to put his invention on the market, forcing the clothing factory bigwigs to resort to more desperate measures...
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The unassuming, nebbishy inventor Sidney Stratton creates a miraculous fabric that will never be dirty or worn out. Clearly he can make a fortune selling clothes made of the material, but may cause a crisis in the process. After all, once someone buys one of his suits they won't ever have to fix them or buy another one, and the clothing industry will collapse overnight. Nevertheless, Sidney is determined to put his invention on the market, forcing the clothing factory bigwigs to resort to more desperate measures...
Watch trailerCast & crew
Alec GuinnessSidney Stratton
Joan GreenwoodDaphne Birnley
Cecil ParkerAlan Birnley
Michael GoughMichael Corland
Ernest ThesigerSir John Kierlaw
Vida HopeBertha
Howard Marion-CrawfordCranford
Miles MallesonThe Tailor
Henry MollisonHoskins
Patric DoonanFrank
Duncan LamontHarry
Harold GoodwinWilkinsExplore the crew
- Director
- Alexander Mackendrick
- Screenplay
- Roger MacDougall
- Producer
- Michael Balcon
- Director of Photography
- Douglas Slocombe
- Screenplay
- John Dighton
- Screenplay
- Alexander Mackendrick
- Editor
- Bernard Gribble
- Original Music Composer
- Benjamin Frankel