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The man in the white suit

Title
  1. The man in the white suit [videorecording] / EMI Films Limited ; a Michael Balcon production ; directed by Alexander Mackendrick.
Published by
  1. Los Angeles, CA : Republic Pictures Corporation : Lumière Pictures, c1994.

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Additional authors
  1. Mackendrick, Alexander, 1912-1993.
  2. Balcon, Michael, 1896-1977.
  3. MacDougall, Roger.
  4. Dighton, John, 1909-1989.
  5. Guinness, Alec, 1914-2000.
  6. Greenwood, Joan, 1921-1987.
  7. E.M.I. Films.
  8. Republic Pictures Corporation.
  9. Lumière Pictures (Firm)
Description
  1. 1 videocassette (81 min.) : sd., b&w; 1/2 in.
Summary
  1. A bubbly satire, acclaimed as one of the funniest and cleverest of British comedies. Alec Guinness, as a scientist, invents a fabric that will never wear out. Threatened with unemployment, the unions and a dismayed garment tycoon plot to destroy his miracle formula.
Series statement
  1. The British sterling collection
Subject
  1. Video recordings
  2. Feature films
  3. Comedy films
Genre/Form
  1. Video recordings.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Note
  1. VHS format.
  2. "VHS 5914."
  3. Originally released in 1951 by EMI Films Limited.
Credits (note)
  1. Director, Alexander Mackendrick; producer, Michael Balcon; writers, Roger Macdougall, John Dighton, Alexander Mackendrick; music, Benjamin Frankel.
Performer (note)
  1. Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Cecil Parker.