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...
Cast
Alec Guinness
Sidney Stratton
Joan Greenwood
Daphne Birnley
Cecil Parker
Alan Birnley
Michael Gough
Michael Corland
Ernest Thesiger
Sir John Kierlaw
Vida Hope
Bertha
Howard Marion-Crawford
Cranford
Miles Malleson
The Tailor
Henry Mollison
Hoskins
Patric Doonan
Frank
Duncan Lamont
Harry
Harold Goodwin
Wilkins
Colin Gordon
Hill
Joan Harben
Miss Johnson
Arthur Howard
Roberts
Roddy Hughes
Green
Stuart Latham
Harrison
Edie Martin
Mrs. Watson
Mandy Miller
Gladdie
Charlotte Mitchell
Mill Girl
Olaf Olsen
Knudsen
Desmond Roberts
Mannering
Ewan Roberts
Fotheringay
John Rudling
Wilson
Charles Saynor
Pete
Russell Waters
Davidson
Brian Worth
King
George Benson
The Lodger
Frank Atkinson
The Baker
Charles Cullum
1st Company Director
F.B.J. Sharp
2nd Company Director
Scott Harrold
Express Reporter
Jack Howarth
Receptionist at Corland Mill
Jack McNaughton
Taxi Driver
Judith Furse
Nurse Gamage
Billy Russell
Nightwatchman
Andy Alston
Mill Worker (uncredited)
Jack Arrow
Mill Worker (uncredited)
David Boyd
Office Boy (uncredited)
Jim Brady
Mill Worker (uncredited)
Harold Coyne
Mill Worker (uncredited)
Dan Cressey
Lab Technician (uncredited)
Alan Haines
Reporter (uncredited)
Laurence Hepworth
Chauffeur (uncredited)
Frank Howard
Mill Worker (uncredited)
Gertrude Kaye
Mill Worker (uncredited)
Jimmy Millar
Mill Worker (uncredited)
Arthur Mullard
(uncredited)
Joe Phelps
Mill Worker (uncredited)
Johnny Rossi
Baker (uncredited)
Carol Wolveridge
Schoolgirl in Front of Class (uncredited)
Crew
Alexander Mackendrick
Director, Screenplay
Roger MacDougall
Screenplay, Theatre Play
John Dighton
Screenplay
Bernard Gribble
Editor
Lionel Selwyn
Assistant Editor
Douglas Slocombe
Director of Photography
Lionel Banes
Additional Director of Photography
John Assig
Second Assistant Director
Jim O'Connolly
Third Assistant Director
David Peers
Assistant Director
Hal Mason
Production Supervisor
Michael Balcon
Producer
Sidney Cole
Associate Producer
Jeff Seaholme
Camera Operator
Ken Westbury
Assistant Camera
Thelma Graves
Casting Assistant
Margaret Harper Nelson
Casting
Anthony Mendleson
Costume Designer
Ernie Farrer
Wardrobe Master
Lily Payne
Wardrobe Master
Ron Beck
Wardrobe Assistant
Edith Crutchley
Wardrobe Assistant
Barbara Barnard
Hairstylist
Daphne Martin
Assistant Hairdresser
Ernest Taylor
Makeup Artist
Harry Frampton
Makeup Artist
Terry Bishop
Second Unit Director
Len Wills
Assistant Art Director
Mary Habberfield
Sound Editor
Stephen Dalby
Sound Supervisor
Arthur Bradburn
Sound Recordist
Norman King
Sound Engineer
Cyril Swern
Boom Operator
Sydney Pearson
Special Effects
Geoffrey Dickinson
Special Effects, Visual Effects
Benjamin Frankel
Original Music Composer
Andrew Low
Set Dresser
Jack Dooley
Still Photographer
Bob Penn
Still Photographer
Geoffrey Myers
Scientific Consultant
Michael Shepherd
Clapper Loader
Felicia Manheim
Continuity
Norman Dorme
Draughtsman
Ted Lockhart
Grip
L. C. Rudkin
Unit Production Manager
Hugh Wilson
Focus Puller
Ernest Irving
Conductor
Jim Morahan
Art Direction
Recommendations
view all
Daybreak
Sweet Smell of Success
Journey to Italy
Last Holiday
Our Man in Havana
Topkapi
Thunder Prince
The Captain's Paradise
Take the Money and Run
The Day the Earth Stood Still
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Lawrence of Arabia
Die Hard 2
Uncut Gems
Titanic
Shutter Island
The Brood
Rambo III
Pierrot le Fou
Cries and Whispers