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The Sound Barrier

Fictionalized story of British aerospace engineers solving the problem of supersonic flight.

Director

David Lean

Year

Genre

adventure, drama, romance

Box Office

N/A

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N/A

Awards

Won 1 Oscar. 9 wins & 5 nominations total

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J.R.

Ralph Richardson

Susan Garthwaite

Tony

Philip

Jess

Will

Chris

Denholm Elliott

'Windy'

Fletcher

Little Boy

ATA Officer

Factor

Susan's Baby

Controller

Controller

Leslie Phillips

Peter Makepeace

Daughter of Philip

Sally-Jane Spencer

Test Bed Operator

Robert Brooks Turner

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Susan Garthwaite John Ridgefield Tony Garthwaite Philip Peel Chris Jess

HeIIo it Iooks Iike you've been jumped on by 20 pIus Focke WuIfs - The Sound Barrier

HeIIo it Iooks Iike you've been jumped on by 20 pIus...

What's the matter? - The Sound Barrier

What's the matter?

Sue, what do you think of me? - The Sound Barrier

Sue, what do you think of me?

Anyway heiress or not I'm meeting her train - The Sound Barrier

Anyway heiress or not I'm meeting her train

Tony, I've got my answer ready. In fact,
I've had it ready for an awful long time. - The Sound Barrier

Tony, I've got my answer ready. In fact, I've had ...

Sue what do you think of me - The Sound Barrier

Sue what do you think of me

You reaIIy have Iooked at this from every angIe - The Sound Barrier

You reaIIy have Iooked at this from every angIe

There you are, darling. Ridgefields. - The Sound Barrier

There you are, darling. Ridgefields.

Those are test-beds, aren't they? - The Sound Barrier

Those are test-beds, aren't they?

Of course I'm coming to the do tonight Oh dear is there a do - The Sound Barrier

Of course I'm coming to the do tonight Oh dear is there...

I've changed my mind Did you get my present - The Sound Barrier

I've changed my mind Did you get my present

Since when have you taken to swigging whisky - The Sound Barrier

Since when have you taken to swigging whisky

Chris give me a quarter of an hour for my bath - The Sound Barrier

Chris give me a quarter of an hour for my bath

That's the noise we heard this afternoon.
It comes from the test-beds, doesn't it? - The Sound Barrier

That's the noise we heard this afternoon. It comes from...

Yes I sent her to Oxford to get an education - The Sound Barrier

Yes I sent her to Oxford to get an education

I think it's the most exciting sound I've ever heard - The Sound Barrier

I think it's the most exciting sound I've ever...

What the heck is it sir It's the aircraft engine of the future - The Sound Barrier

What the heck is it sir It's the aircraft engine of the...

Excuse me. - The Sound Barrier

Sue! - The Sound Barrier

Well, don't say anything now. Think it over. - The Sound Barrier

Well, don't say anything now. Think it over.

Ridgefield Tower, this is Glass Jar 1
- 0. - The Sound Barrier

Ridgefield Tower, this is Glass Jar 1 - 0.

Climbing through clouds,
full throttle, ASl 320. - The Sound Barrier

Climbing through clouds, full throttle, ASl 320.

OK. Coming down to land now. - The Sound Barrier

OK. Coming down to land now.

Ridgefield Tower to 1-0.
Clear to join circuit and land. - The Sound Barrier

Ridgefield Tower to 1-0. Clear to join circuit and land.

- I said use 3-0, not the control tower.
- Your message received and understood. - The Sound Barrier

- I said use 3-0, not the control tower. - Your message rece...

What's so ruddy pecuIiar about the speed of sound - The Sound Barrier

What's so ruddy pecuIiar about the speed of sound

What exactIy does happen to an aeropIane at the speed of sound - The Sound Barrier

What exactIy does happen to an aeropIane at the speed of...

Hm There's no doubt about it we're just on the fringe of the probIem - The Sound Barrier

Hm There's no doubt about it we're just on the...

You can hear the air whistIe as it moves out of its way - The Sound Barrier

You can hear the air whistIe as it moves out of its way

Good night, darling. - The Sound Barrier

Good night, darling.

Is the abiIity to traveI at 2 000 miIes an hour - The Sound Barrier

Is the abiIity to traveI at 2 000 miIes an hour

You all right? - The Sound Barrier

We're starting to climb now.
We use too much fuel down here. - The Sound Barrier

We're starting to climb now. We use too much fuel down ...

- Is our engine all right?
- I think so. Why? - The Sound Barrier

- Is our engine all right? - I think so. Why?

Darling. France. - The Sound Barrier

Darling. France.

Paris. - The Sound Barrier

You'll be able to see Athens in a moment. - The Sound Barrier

You'll be able to see Athens in a moment.

Susan The Earth is beginning to Iook awfuIIy smaII and insignificant - The Sound Barrier

Susan The Earth is beginning to Iook awfuIIy smaII and...

Thanks, John, she's a nice steady old crate. - The Sound Barrier

Thanks, John, she's a nice steady old crate.

When I got your wire I thought you must be tight - The Sound Barrier

When I got your wire I thought you must be tight

WeII what is it Dad A gaIaxy in Andromeda - The Sound Barrier

WeII what is it Dad A gaIaxy in Andromeda

Pity What - The Sound Barrier

The Chinaman he says - The Sound Barrier

The Chinaman he says

Do you know what you are J R You're a viIe seducer - The Sound Barrier

Do you know what you are J R You're a viIe seducer

He doesn't seem to mind the noise at aII - The Sound Barrier

He doesn't seem to mind the noise at aII

Why not stick the nose on the taiI I'II stick your nose on your taiI - The Sound Barrier

Why not stick the nose on the taiI I'II stick your nose...

WiII What - The Sound Barrier

I'm sorry I'm Iate darIing - The Sound Barrier

I'm sorry I'm Iate darIing

So that one day in the distant future RidgefieIds wiII buiId an airIiner - The Sound Barrier

So that one day in the distant future RidgefieIds wiII buiId...

There are eviI visions as weII as good ones you know Father - The Sound Barrier

There are eviI visions as weII as good ones you know Father

Can a vision be eviI Sue Can it Can it - The Sound Barrier

Can a vision be eviI Sue Can it Can it

PhiIip 'RidgefieId Tower this is 1 4 40 000 feet - The Sound Barrier

PhiIip 'RidgefieId Tower this is 1 4 40 000 feet

Have you got that Stick forward - The Sound Barrier

Have you got that Stick forward

What's that It's the moon - The Sound Barrier

What's that It's the moon

Must it aIways be a fight WeII I think it must - The Sound Barrier

Must it aIways be a fight WeII I think it must

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Fictionalized story of British aerospace engineers solving the problem of supersonic flight.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: David Lean

Writer: Terence Rattigan

Production: N/A

Genre: adventure, drama, romance

Year: 1952

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.8

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 21 Dec 1952

Awards: Won 1 Oscar. 9 wins & 5 nominations total

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