This article is about the 1952 film. For other uses of the term "sound barrier", see Sound barrier (disambiguation).
1952 British film
The Sound Barrier
U.S. theatrical release poster
Directed by
David Lean
Written by
Terence Rattigan
Produced by
David Lean
Starring
Ralph Richardson Ann Todd Nigel Patrick John Justin Denholm Elliott
Cinematography
Jack Hildyard
Edited by
Geoffrey Foot
Music by
Malcolm Arnold
Color process
Black and white
Production company
London Film Productions
Distributed by
British Lion Films
Release dates
22 July 1952 (1952-07-22) (United Kingdom)
6 November 1952 (1952-11-06) (New York City)
21 December 1952 (1952-12-21) (United States)
Running time
117 minutes
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Budget
£250,000[1]
Box office
£227,978 (UK)[2]
The Sound Barrier is a 1952 British aviation drama film directed by David Lean. It is a fictional story about attempts by aircraft designers and test pilots to break the sound barrier. It was David Lean's third and final film with his wife Ann Todd but it was his first for Alexander Korda's London Films, following the break-up of Cineguild. The Sound Barrier stars Ralph Richardson, Ann Todd, John Justin and Nigel Patrick. It was known in the United States as Breaking Through the Sound Barrier and Breaking the Sound Barrier.
The Sound Barrier was a box-office success on first release but it has become one of the least-known of Lean's films. Following on In Which We Serve (1942), the film is another of Lean's ventures into a genre of film making where impressions of documentary film are created.[3]
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