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Classic Ealing comedy in which Sidney Stratton's invention of a fibre that never gets dirty and never wears out, brings him into conflict with both the labour force and management.

Keywords:

Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, Based-on-Play, Sci Fi, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(Black and white) (1951) (4 Star)

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

Supporting Cast:

Henry Mollison	.... Hoskins
Vida Hope	.... Bertha
Patric Doonan	.... Frank
Duncan Lamont	.... Harry
Harold Goodwin	.... Wilkins
Colin Gordon	.... Hill
Joan Harben	.... Miss Johnson
Arthur Howard	.... Roberts
Roddy Hughes

Directors:

Alexander Mackendrick

Writers:

John Dighton
Roger MacDougall

Narrators:

Cecil Parker