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.

CAST

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

Douglas MuirController