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    Realizing that Miss Birmley (Joan Greenwood) has caught him experimenting with textiles, Sidney (Alec Guinness) tries to persuade her to remain silent, in Alexander Mackendrick's The Man in the White Suit, 1951.

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Man in the White Suit, The -- (Movie Clip) Elastic...
Realizing that Miss Birmley (Joan Greenwood) has caught him...
Man in the White Suit, The -- (Movie Clip) Elastic Properties
Realizing that Miss Birmley (Joan Greenwood) has caught him experimenting with textiles, Sidney (Alec Guinness) tries to persuade her to remain silent, in Alexander Mackendrick's The Man in the White Suit, 1951.>
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Sidney (Alec Guinness) manages to be mistaken for the expert...
Man in the White Suit, The -- (Movie Clip) Electron Microscope
Sidney (Alec Guinness) manages to be mistaken for the expert scientist he is at the textile plane where he's just signed on as a manual laborer in Alexander Mackendrick's The Man in the White Suit, 1951.>
Man in the White Suit, The -- (Movie Clip) A Bit...
Sidney (Alec Guinness) finishes constructing his...
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Sidney (Alec Guinness) finishes constructing his indestructible white suit and rushes to show it off to Daphne (Joan Greenwood) in Ealing Studios The Man in the White Suit, 1951, from Roger MacDougall's play.>
Man in the White Suit, The -- (Movie Clip) Small...
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Man in the White Suit, The -- (Movie Clip) Small Minds
Sidney (Alec Guinness) is telling off his boss after being fired from another textile plant for reckless experimenting in Alexander Mackendrick's The Man in the White Suit, 1951.>
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Hoskins (Henry Mollison) is shocked to find that Sidney (Alec Guinness) has enlisted the boss Mr. Birmley (Cecil Parker) to back his research scheme in Ealing Studios' The Man in the White Suit, 1951. >
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