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[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2019
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (82 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Sidney Stratton (Alec Guinness), laboratory dishwasher at a textile mill, is secretly at work on the invention of a new fabric that will never get dirty and never wear out. After many trials, the invention succeeds and it is brought to the notice of his employer, who invests money and facilities to develop it. However, when the news of Stratton's invention breaks, industry is threatened with chaos. The trade unions and the mill owners find themselves in an artificial alliance, both determined that the fabric must never go on the market. Nominated for an **Academy Award** for Best Screenplay. Nominated for a **BAFTA** for Best British Film
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Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Joan Greenwood
Originally produced by Kino Lorber in 1951
Mode of access: World Wide Web
In English