i saw this movie only after hear raf about it for year . needless to say and the actual experience prove a bit anticlimactic . but still and alec guiness energetically lead a wonderful cast in a jolly and if formulaic and romp through industrial post wwii england . this be the familiar tale of the woe of invent the perfect everyday product . remember the car that run on water . remember the promise of nuclear energy . in this case and it a fabric that doesn not wear out and wrinkle and or even get dirty . of course and fabric manufacturer and their worker be horrify at the prospect of be put out of business and and so the plot get a bit thick . guiness make the whole enterprise worthwhile and and watch him blow up a factory research lab over and over again be quite a blast . ( those brit . always the stiff upper lip when under fire . ) the film might chug along exactly like guiness goofy invention and but it a good ride all the same .