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The Man in the White Suit 1951
 | An altruistic chemist invents a fabric which resists wear and stain as a boon to humanity, but both big business and labor realize it must be suppressed for economic reasons. |
The Cast
| Alec Guinness | - | Sidney Stratton |
| Joan Greenwood | - | Daphne Birnley |
| Cecil Parker | - | Alan Birnley |
| Michael Gough | - | Michael Corland |
| Ernest Thesiger | - | Sir John Kierlaw |
| Howard Marion-Crawford | - | Cranford |
| Henry Mollison | - | Hoskins |
| Vida Hope | - | Bertha |
Film Trivia
The strange noises made by the laboratory apparatus were created by uncredited Sound Editor Mary Habberfield, and produced for the soundtrack with a tuba and a bassoon.
Sir Alec Guinness performed the stunt of climbing down the side of the mansion. He was convinced by a technician, that the piano wire holding him up would not break, since only piano wire with kinks in it would be prone to breaking. As he got to about four feet from the ground, the wire did in fact break.
The sounds of Stratton's experiment (described on the record label as "guggle glub guggle") were set to music by Jack Parnell and released on Parlophone R 3435 as "The White Suit Samba" with words by T.E.B. Clarke.