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MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Suitable for Children Movie Release: 1951 DVD Release: 09/10/2002 Format: DVD - Black and White - Closed Captioned Edition: Special Collection Audio Tracks: English, French SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 25 mins Studio: Anchor Bay Members Wishing: 1 Genres: Comedy, Satire

Alec Guinness has one of his finest comic roles in this Ealing satirical comedy about a much patronized amateur scientist whose latest invention creates an uproar in the British textile industry. In the British manufacturing country of Northern England, factory owner Michael Corland (Michael Gough) is showing competitor Alan Bimley (Cecil Parker) around his plant, hoping to borrow some money and marry off his daughter Daphne (Joan Greenwood). They come upon a curious contraption that turns out to be an experiment by employee Sidney Stratton (Alec Guinness). Being a lower class worker, Sidney is summarily fired from his job. Sidney ends up working at Bimley's factory, where he is befriended by militant worker Bertha (Vida Hope). Daphne spots Sidney at the factory and he explains to her the results of his experiment -- a material that is indestructible and impervious to dirt. Bimley discovers this project and throws Sidney out. But Daphne, impressed by his experiments, funds Sidney, installing him in his own laboratory. After a few false starts, Sidney develops a pure white material that can't be dirtied or ruined. But it seems Sidney's invention is too brilliant and effective; if a material is marketed that will last forever, textile mills will go out of business and workers will lose their jobs. Suddenly, poor, luckless Sidney has both management and labor banding together to combat his new invention. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

Alec Guinness - Sidney Stratton
Joan Greenwood - Daphne Birnley
Cecil Parker - Alan Birnley
Michael Gough - Michael Corland
Ernst Thesiger - Sir John Kierlaw

Alec Guinness stars in the classic comedy The Man in the White Suit. The film is presented in its original 1.33:1 full-frame aspect ratio in black-and-white. This is a very crisp-looking picture that sports only the slightest amount of grain and dirt in the image. Overall Anchor Bay has done an excellent job of making sure this transfer is clean and very presentable. The soundtrack is presented in Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono in both English and French. Sadly, the soundtrack isn't quite as exciting as the video presentation. While fidelity and dynamic range are sorely lacking, the good news is that the mix is free and clear of most all hiss and distortion. No alternate subtitles or soundtracks are available on this disc. The only two extra features included on this edition of The Man in the White Suit are a theatrical trailer for the film and a biography on star Guinness. ~ Patrick Naugle, All Movie Guide