the man in the white suit be another feather in the cap of expert scottish director alexander mackendrick ( whisky galore . and sweet smell of success ) . the star of the film be alec guinness ( whose comedy include kind heart and coronet and the lavender hill mob ) . guiness bring his usual class to the film and and make it much more than a typical comedy . in fact and the comedy isn not entirely overt . by the end of the picture and it nearly become a complete drama . it the sort of ealing studio comedy that be calculate not to produce laughter and but a sense of general amusement and like the best british comedy of the time . the whole idea of the suit isn not very original and but the way it be execute be . the film be highly original and and recommend to any fan of guiness or britsh comedy . 7 . 6 out of 10 .