The unassuming, nebbishy inventor Sidney Stratton creates a miraculous fabric that will never be dirty or worn out. Clearly he can make a fortune selling clothes made of the material, but may cause a crisis in the process. After all, once someone buys one of his suits they won't ever have to fix them or buy another one, and the clothing industry will collapse overnight. Nevertheless, Sidney is determined to put his invention on the market, forcing the clothing factory bigwigs to resort to more desperate measures...
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Alec Guinness as Sidney Stratton
Joan Greenwood as Daphne Birnley
Cecil Parker as Alan Birnley
Michael Gough as Michael Corland
Ernest Thesiger as Sir John Kierlaw
Vida Hope as Bertha
Howard Marion-Crawford as Cranford
Miles Malleson as The Tailor
Henry Mollison as Hoskins
Patric Doonan as Frank
Duncan Lamont as Harry
Harold Goodwin as Wilkins
Colin Gordon as Hill
Joan Harben as Miss Johnson
Arthur Howard as Roberts
Roddy Hughes as Green
Stuart Latham as Harrison
Edie Martin as Mrs. Watson
Mandy Miller as Gladdie
Charlotte Mitchell as Mill Girl
Olaf Olsen as Knudsen
Desmond Roberts as Mannering
Ewan Roberts as Fotheringay
John Rudling as Wilson
Charles Saynor as Pete
Russell Waters as Davidson
Brian Worth as King
George Benson as The Lodger
Frank Atkinson as The Baker
Charles Cullum as 1st Company Director
F.B.J. Sharp as 2nd Company Director
Scott Harrold as Express Reporter
Jack Howarth as Receptionist at Corland Mill
Jack McNaughton as Taxi Driver
Judith Furse as Nurse Gamage
Billy Russell as Nightwatchman
Andy Alston as Mill Worker (uncredited)
Jack Arrow as Mill Worker (uncredited)
David Boyd as Office Boy (uncredited)
Jim Brady as Mill Worker (uncredited)
Harold Coyne as Mill Worker (uncredited)
Dan Cressey as Lab Technician (uncredited)
Alan Haines as Reporter (uncredited)
Laurence Hepworth as Chauffeur (uncredited)
Frank Howard as Mill Worker (uncredited)
Gertrude Kaye as Mill Worker (uncredited)
Jimmy Millar as Mill Worker (uncredited)
Arthur Mullard as (uncredited)
Joe Phelps as Mill Worker (uncredited)
Johnny Rossi as Baker (uncredited)
Carol Wolveridge as Schoolgirl in Front of Class (uncredited)
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