Der Mann im weißen Anzug (1951)
Sidney Stratton, Arbeiter in einer Schneiderei, forscht neben seiner eigentlichen Arbeit an einer synthetischen Faser. Als sein Chef dies herausfindet, wird er entlassen – aber seine Erfindung, ein Stoff, der weder schmutzig werden noch zerreißen kann, wurde gerade fertig. Er will seine Erfindung einer konkurrierenden Firma anbieten, muß aber zu seinem Erstaunen feststellen, daß niemand an seiner Erfindung Interesse zu haben scheint, da eine solche Faser aus den Augen der Textilindustrie betrachtet eine ganz schlechte Sache ist, denn der Absatz ihrer Waren ginge dadurch definitiv in den Keller. Aber nicht nur die hohen Tiere sind gegen ihn, sondern auch alte Kollegen aus seiner Zeit als Fabrikarbeiter, die wegen seiner Erfindung um ihre Arbeitsplätze fürchten.
Der Regisseur:
Alexander Mackendrick
Die Autor:
Roger MacDougall, Alexander Mackendrick, John Dighton.
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Alec Guinness as Sidney Stratton |
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Joan Greenwood as Daphne Birnley |
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Cecil Parker as Alan Birnley |
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Michael Gough as Michael Corland |
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Ernest Thesiger as Sir John Kierlaw |
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Vida Hope as Bertha |
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Howard Marion-Crawford as Cranford |
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Miles Malleson as The Tailor |
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Henry Mollison as Hoskins |
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Patric Doonan as Frank |
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Duncan Lamont as Harry |
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Harold Goodwin as Wilkins |
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Colin Gordon as Hill |
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Joan Harben as Miss Johnson |
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Arthur Howard as Roberts |
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Roddy Hughes as Green |
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Stuart Latham as Harrison |
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Edie Martin as Mrs. Watson |
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Mandy Miller as Gladdie |
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Charlotte Mitchell as Mill Girl |
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Olaf Olsen as Knudsen |
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Desmond Roberts as Mannering |
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Ewan Roberts as Fotheringay |
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John Rudling as Wilson |
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Charles Saynor as Pete |
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Russell Waters as Davidson |
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Brian Worth as King |
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George Benson as The Lodger |
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Frank Atkinson as The Baker |
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Charles Cullum as 1st Company Director |
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F.B.J. Sharp as 2nd Company Director |
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Scott Harrold as Express Reporter |
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Jack Howarth as Receptionist at Corland Mill |
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Jack McNaughton as Taxi Driver |
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Judith Furse as Nurse Gamage |
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Billy Russell as Nightwatchman |
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Andy Alston as Mill Worker (uncredited) |
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Jack Arrow as Mill Worker (uncredited) |
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David Boyd as Office Boy (uncredited) |
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Jim Brady as Mill Worker (uncredited) |
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Harold Coyne as Mill Worker (uncredited) |
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Dan Cressey as Lab Technician (uncredited) |
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Alan Haines as Reporter (uncredited) |
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Laurence Hepworth as Chauffeur (uncredited) |
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Frank Howard as Mill Worker (uncredited) |
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Gertrude Kaye as Mill Worker (uncredited) |
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Jimmy Millar as Mill Worker (uncredited) |
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Arthur Mullard as (uncredited) |
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Joe Phelps as Mill Worker (uncredited) |
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Johnny Rossi as Baker (uncredited) |
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Carol Wolveridge as Schoolgirl in Front of Class (uncredited) |
| Writing | Roger MacDougall | Screenplay |
| Camera | Douglas Slocombe | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Alexander Mackendrick | Director |
| Production | Michael Balcon | Producer |
| Sound | Cyril Swern | Boom Operator |
| Directing | Jim O'Connolly | Third Assistant Director |
| Camera | Jack Dooley | Still Photographer |
| Production | Margaret Harper Nelson | Casting |
| Camera | Ted Lockhart | Grip |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ernie Farrer | Wardrobe Master |
| Art | Andrew Low | Set Dresser |
| Sound | Mary Habberfield | Sound Editor |
| Camera | Bob Penn | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Hugh Wilson | Focus Puller |
| Directing | John Assig | Second Assistant Director |
| Art | Norman Dorme | Draughtsman |
| Art | Len Wills | Assistant Art Director |
| Visual Effects | Geoffrey Dickinson | Visual Effects |
| Camera | Ken Westbury | Assistant Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ron Beck | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lily Payne | Wardrobe Master |
| Sound | Norman King | Sound Engineer |
| Directing | Terry Bishop | Second Unit Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Edith Crutchley | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Daphne Martin | Assistant Hairdresser |
| Camera | Michael Shepherd | Clapper Loader |
| Production | Thelma Graves | Casting Assistant |
| Editing | Lionel Selwyn | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Benjamin Frankel | Original Music Composer |
| Crew | Sydney Pearson | Special Effects |
| Costume & Make-Up | Barbara Barnard | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ernest Taylor | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Geoffrey Myers | Scientific Consultant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Harry Frampton | Makeup Artist |
| Writing | Roger MacDougall | Theatre Play |
| Writing | Alexander Mackendrick | Screenplay |
| Sound | Arthur Bradburn | Sound Recordist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anthony Mendleson | Costume Designer |
| Production | Hal Mason | Production Supervisor |
| Sound | Stephen Dalby | Sound Supervisor |
| Directing | David Peers | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Felicia Manheim | Continuity |
| Crew | Geoffrey Dickinson | Special Effects |
| Art | Jim Morahan | Art Direction |
| Production | L. C. Rudkin | Unit Production Manager |
| Writing | John Dighton | Screenplay |
| Editing | Bernard Gribble | Editor |
| Camera | Jeff Seaholme | Camera Operator |
| Production | Sidney Cole | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Ernest Irving | Conductor |
| Camera | Lionel Banes | Additional Director of Photography |