
About
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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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)
Director

Alexander Mackendrick
Director
Terry Bishop
Second Unit Director

Jim O'Connolly
Third Assistant Director
John Assig
Second Assistant Director
David Peers
Assistant Director
Felicia Manheim
Continuity
Creator
Roger MacDougall
Screenplay
Roger MacDougall
Theatre Play
John Dighton
Screenplay

Alexander Mackendrick
Screenplay