The read
Critics rate it 28 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 89% of the 273 1950s comedy movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 25m.
Synopsis
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...
Ratings
Critics rate it 28 points higher than audiences do.
214 audience votes
Key crew
- Roger MacDougallScreenplay
- Alexander MackendrickDirector
- Benjamin FrankelOriginal Music Composer
- Alexander MackendrickScreenplay
- John DightonScreenplay
Cast
- Alec GuinnessSidney Stratton
- Joan GreenwoodDaphne Birnley
- Cecil ParkerAlan Birnley
- Michael GoughMichael Corland
- Ernest ThesigerSir John Kierlaw
- Vida HopeBertha
- Howard Marion-CrawfordCranford
- Miles MallesonThe Tailor
- Henry MollisonHoskins
- Patric DoonanFrank
- Duncan LamontHarry
- Harold GoodwinWilkins
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