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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This comedy caper from the Ealing Studios has a terrific cast running amok through a suitably wacky story - but, best of all, it is carried off with gusto and stage conviction, beautifully knit together by craftsman-director Alex MacKendrick. Alec Guinness fans will not be disappointed, and Joan Greenwood shows once more why 'tis more the pity she did not do a greater number of screen rolls. Thoroughly good fun, with some serious themes intermixed. Only the print is showing a little instability...
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Alec Guinness is brilliant as Sidney Stratton, slightly madcap scientist it seems specializing in fabrics?. The farcical elements of the story don't matter much though, in many ways it all adds to the charm. I'm sure this film is well on the way to being remade/ruined. I haven't seen the Ladykillers remake but even a small clip from it showed Tom Hanks with a totally unconvincing English accent. Surely if Ealing films are going to be remade can't we at least drum up some good young British actors/actresses to play the leads?. There's plenty about at the moment. The film's 85 minutes whizz past and the end credits are rolling before any hint of boredom can set in. The film seems to be very well paced, with guinness convincingly playing the hounded scientist with a top secret and also a slapstick clown [ the scene were he's trying to get into his bosses house is classic farce.] In films today these kind of scenes would be cut as they perhaps don't progress the story. Although the plot is nonsense and the science seems very creaky even from a future perspective, its great fun anyway.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
It's hard to use words that have not been aired before. It's difficult to say that its anything other than a British classic out of Ealing Studios with the irrepressible Sir Alec.
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Review of the DVD , "The Man in the White Suit, with Alec Guiness.
A real blast from the past ,-this one!
I enjoyed seeing this movie again, Sir Alec Guiness is wonderful as the "mad" scientist who comes up with a fabric that never stains,... Read more
I enjoyed seeing this movie again, Sir Alec Guiness is wonderful as the "mad" scientist who comes up with a fabric that never stains,... Read more
Published 18 days ago by Maia Russell
OLD EALING STUDIOS on NEW DVD.
A clasic old film, now available on DVD.
I purchased this old favourite to show my eighteen year old lad a bit of a taste of how old Lancashire looked before it all got... Read more
I purchased this old favourite to show my eighteen year old lad a bit of a taste of how old Lancashire looked before it all got... Read more
Published 5 months ago by DAVEY
Comedy
I got the product at a reasonal price, in quality condition and on time. I was totally satisfied with the transaction.
Published 10 months ago by Ian Bell
Ealing Had the Midas Touch Back Then
"The Man in the White Suit"(1951) is another post-World War II classic black and white comedy from Britain's Ealing Studios, which seemed to have the Midas touch in those days: I... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Stephanie DePue
Fairly Entertaining Ealing Offering
This film will not be to everyone's taste despite an excellent performance from Alec Guinness as the eccentric young scientist Sidney Stratton who invents a material that puts the... Read more
Published on 22 Sep 2007 by David Lusher
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