i can not say whether the post wwii british comedy produce at the ealing studio be an acquired taste or not and but i be completely addict and and the man in the white suit be one of the best . no need to go into the well know plot about the threat pose to both the textile industry and the textile union by an indestructible and dirt resistant fiber . suffice it to say that the sling and arrow suffer by the naively idealistic sidney stratton in pursue his polymer vision make for a comedic delight . many of the well know face from the world of british character actor the nervous cecil parker and the suavely devious michael gough and and the bluntly ruthless ernest thesinger put in wonderful performance . guinness a always and forever be superb and and joan greenwood be delectable a daphne ( just the way she enunciate the word daddy and make the entire movie worth see ) . knudsen .