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One of those films was The Man in the White Suit, in which Guinness plays Sidney Stratton, a mild-mannered scientist who accidentally creates an ever-lasting fabric that never gets dirty.

Sidney Stratton, a maverick scientist working in a Northern textile mill, invents a fabric that never gets dirty and never wears out. He's hailed as a genius - until management and unions alike ...