The Sound Barrier
1952 · 1 hr 58 min
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Tony, a successful World War II fighter pilot, marries into the family of a wealthy oil magnate who also designs airplanes. The movie traces the company's attempt to break the sound barrier, as well as tensions between father and daughter. Los of footage of early-1950s jet aviation in Great Britain as well as shots of the Comet airliner, the world's first jet-passenger plane.
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Cast of The Sound Barrier
Ralph RichardsonJohn Ridgefield
Ann ToddSusan Garthwaite
Nigel PatrickTony Garthwaite
John JustinPhilip Peel
Dinah SheridanJess Peel
Joseph TomeltyWill
Denholm ElliottChristopher Ridgefield
Jack Allen'Windy'
Ralph MichaelFletcher