"Why can't you scientists leave things alone? What about my bit of washing when there's no washing to do?"
A young inventor Sidney Straton (Alec Guinness) invents a miricle fabric that cannot get dirty or wear out. His dream, initially lauded, is suddenly crushed as the mill owners realise that this could cause a crisis in the clothing industry and set about subduing the invention. But Sidney is determined the cloth should get to market, irrespective of the people he will put out of work, from mill to laundry workers.
A fine satire on all aspects of worker relations and capitalism.
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