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The Man in the White Suit
Why this pick
Its deceptively genteel British surface hides a nimble satire about an inconvenient invention, institutions protecting themselves, and a lone idea causing national-scale chaos.
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MOVIE1963 1h 22m GBR
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Financial disaster looms for Grand Fenwick when the current vintage of its only export, wine, starts exploding in would-be consumers' faces. Prime Minister Mountjoy (Ron Moody) decides to ask the United States for a loan, ostensibly to fund its entry in the race to the Moon, but actually to save the duchy (and install modern plumbing so he can have a hot bath). The devious politician knows that the Americans will not believe him, but will consider the half million dollars he is asking for to be cheap propaganda supporting their hollow call for international co-operation in space. He is delighted when they send him double the amount as an outright gift. The Soviets, not wishing to be one-upped by their Cold War rivals, deliver an obsolete rocket. Mountjoy asks resident scientist Professor Kokintz (David Kosoff) to arrange a small explosion during the "launch" of their lunar rocket to make it look like they have actually spent the money as intended.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
June Ritchie
Cynthia
Terry-Thomas
Maurice Spender
Margaret Rutherford
Grand Duchess Gloriana XIII
Ron Moody
Prime Minister Rupert Mountjoy
Bernard Cribbins
Vincent Mountjoy
David Kossoff
Professor Kokintz