Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

SnoReptilePlenty Memorable, crazy movie

TrueHello Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

Raymond Sierra The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

Jackson Booth-Millard I had heard about this classic film title because of the leading actor, the title made it obvious what is was about, but I didn't know what the context was. I found out it was from Ealing Studios, famous for Kind Hearts and Coronets and The Lavender Hill Mob, and critics gave it good ratings, so I hoped it would be worthwhile, directed by Alexander Mackendrick (Whisky Galore!, The Ladykillers, Sweet Smell of Success). Basically former Cambridge scholarship recipient and humble inventor and scientist Sidney Stratton (Sir Alec Guinness) has been dismissed from jobs at several textile mills in the north of England. Stratton has demands for expensive facilities and an obsession with inventing an everlasting fibre. Whilst working as a labourer at the Birnley Mill, he accidentally becomes an unpaid researcher and invents an incredibly strong fibre which repels dirt and never wears out. From this fabric, a brilliant white suit is made, it cannot absorb dye and is slightly luminous because it includes radioactive elements. Stratton is praised as a genius, but management and the trade unions realise the consequence of his invention, the demand for cloth will decrease and it could put the textile industry out of business. The managers try to trick and bribe Stratton into signing away the rights to his invention, but he refuses, then they and workers try to shut him away, but he escapes. Stratton is pursued by both the managers and the employers, he runs whilst wearing the glowing white suit during the night, but it begins to fall apart as the chemical structure of the fibre breaks down with time. Realising the flaw in the process, the mob triumphantly rip pieces off Stratton's suit, until he is left only wearing his underwear, only the mill-owner's daughter Daphne Birnley (Joan Greenwood) and fellow labourer Bertha (Vida Hope) have sympathy for his disappointment. The next day, Stratton is dismissed from his job, he consults his chemistry notes as he departs, he has a realisation and exclaims "I see!", he strides off, perhaps to try again somewhere else. Also starring Cecil Parker as Alan Birnley, Michael Gough as Michael Corland and Bride of Frankenstein's Ernest Thesiger as Sir John Kierlaw. Guinness is likeable as the quiet, good-natured boffin, this is essentially a story of greed, professional jealousy and fear of progress, I could just about follow everything going on, the white suit stuff is certainly interesting, but I will be honest, I didn't find myself laughing very much, but it is reasonable classic science-fiction satirical comedy. Worth watching, in my opinion!

David M. Behrman This film should be used in college classes to demonstrate the contradictions of the "free market". Alec Guinness' character, a chemist in a fabric manufacturing plant, is the archetypal scientific nerd, singularly focused on developing his miracle thread -- repels dirt and is indestructible. And he finally does ... much to the dismay of those in the industry who depend on the fabric status quo to stay in business.Imagine if a pharmaceutical scientist developed a single pill that cured all illnesses ... how would the rest of the pharmaceutical industry respond?The realization of dreams of perfection will always be resisted by those who profit from imperfection. "The Man In The White Suit" makes this perfectly clear.

secondtake The Man in the White Suit (1951)A dry, wry, hilarious take on the idea that companies don't make their products too good because otherwise they'd never wear out. And you'd never need to buy more.Alec Guinness is the star here, a quirky scientist amidst lots of wonderfully quirky scientists all working on new fabrics and fibers. Guinness a kind of early Peter Sellers, but far more buttoned up. He plays the slightly bumbling everyman who has a gift for genius at the right times, and in this case it's a Cambridge drop out names Sydney Stratton who discovers a superfiber that can be used to make superfabric. The crisis of making clothes that don't wear out, and don't get dirty, never dawns on the scientist, but the workers, and capitalist leaders, and the poor old laundrywoman understand immediately what it means for them.Hence the comedy. It's a "delightful" comedy filled with easygoing laughs and general high spirits, but it really works in its innocence. The not-so-subtle commentary about social economics is part of the fun, and is especially British in its feel, though the ideas of work committees capitalist greed are not foreign to the rest of us. It might be almost odd to notice this, but the filming--the photography and lighting--is especially excellent. It's quite a beautiful black and white film.There are some familiar character actors here for those who have seen other post-War British films, none of whose names I know, though Joan Greenwood, playing the semi-romantic female lead, seems worth paying attention to for her strong presence. Director Alexander Mackendrick has a handful of good films to his credit, and you can only wish he had made more ("The Sweet Smell of Success" is his most famous). This is Guinness's movie, though, and by the final scenes of him running through the dark streets in his glowing white suit, well, that's just terrific old-school comedy, warm and funny and fast.

TheLittleSongbird I do prefer Kind Hearts and Coronets and The Ladykillers, but The Man in the White Suit is still another jewel from Ealing Studios. It is sophisticated, astute, whimsical and funny in a subtle way, and never fails to entertain me. The production values are beautiful, the cinematography is excellent as are the scenery, sets and costumes. Benjamin Frankel is also a nice touch, the direction is controlled and the story while slight is well constructed. The film bounces along, even though Man in the White Suit is quite short you do feel satisfied at the film's end and the script and razor-sharp satire keep things afloat nicely. The acting I have little to criticise either, Alec Guiness as he always was is wonderful, and Joan Greenwood and Cecil Parker especially match him perfectly. Overall, not the best but still highly recommended. 10/10 Bethany Cox