A highly original, very funny and sometimes quite touching Ealing comedy about a young factory worker, engagingly played by Alec Guinness, who invents a white fabric that won't wear out. A witty script, fast pace and wonderful gurgling laboratory sound effects made this one of Ealing's greatest popular hits. Down the cast-list Mandy Miller makes her debut at the age of seven - a year before her tremendous success in 'Mandy'. She was no problem - but the producers did have one snag. Guinness's white suit, supposedly dirt resistant, became so easily soiled on set that 13 replicas had to be made to keep him looking whiter than white.

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