The Sound Barrier

A young RAF pilot tests his father-in-law’s prototype supersonic aircraft to the limit, at a time of intense development in the field of aviation, just as commercial jet airliners are about to enter service.

• Terence RattiganWriter
• David LeanDirector
• Malcolm ArnoldOriginal Music Composer

• 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
• Leslie PhillipsController
• Donald HarronATA officer
• Vincent HolmanFactor