Video Description:    An altruistic chemist invents a fabric which resists wear and stain as a boon to humanity, but big business and labor realize it must be suppressed for economic reasons.
Genre:     Comedy
Genre Array:     Comedy,Drama,Sci-Fi
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MPAA:     Approved
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Duration:     min.
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Full Cast Extends:    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,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:Green,Stuart Latham:Harrison,Miles Malleson:The Tailor,Edie Martin:Mrs. Watson,Mandy Miller:Gladdie,Charlotte Mitchell:Mill Girl,Olaf Olsen:Knudsen,Desmond Roberts:Mannering,Ewan Roberts:Fotheringay,John Rudling:Wilson,Charles Saynor:Pete,Russell Waters:Davidson,Brian Worth:King,George Benson:The Lodger,Frank Atkinson:The Baker,Charles Cullum:1st Company Director,F.B.J. Sharp:2nd Company Director,Scott Harrold:Express Reporter,Jack Howarth:Receptionist At Corland Mill,Jack McNaughton:Taxi Driver,Judith Furse:Nurse Gamage,Billy Russell:Nightwatchman,Andy Alston:Mill Worker,David Boyd:Office Boy,Dan Cressey:Lab Technician,Alan Haines:Reporter,Laurence Hepworth:Chauffeur,Johnny Rossi:Baker,Carol Wolveridge:Schoolgirl in Front of Class,Arthur Mullard:(uncredited)

Alexander Mackendrick

Roger MacDougall

also: Roger MacDougall, John Dighton, Alexander Mackendrick