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The Sound Barrier (1952)
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Terence Rattigan (writer)
Release Date:
21 December 1952 (USA)
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Jet Packed Excitement! Jet Packed Danger! Jet Packed Romance! The Greatest Adventure Story of Our Time! more
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Fictionalized story of British aerospace engineers solving the problem of supersonic flight. full summary | add synopsis
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Won Oscar.
Another 7 wins
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3 nominations
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Excellent film, technically ludicrous
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Cast
(Credited cast) | Ralph Richardson | ... | John Ridgefield |
| Ann Todd | ... | Susan Garthwaite |
| Nigel Patrick | ... | Tony Garthwaite |
| John Justin | ... | Philip Peel |
 | Dinah Sheridan | ... | Jess Peel |
| Joseph Tomelty | ... | Will Sparks |
| Denholm Elliott | ... | Christopher Ridgefield |
| Jack Allen | ... | Windy Williams |
| Ralph Michael | ... | Fletcher |
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UK:118 min | USA:109 min
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With this film, Ralph Richardson became the first actor to win the New York Film Critics Award for Best Actor who didn't also go on to win an Oscar nomination.
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This is an outstanding film about the human cost of progress and obsession. Richardson is great as the aviation mogul willing to pay the necessary price for reaching new realms and new worlds. Historically and technically, the film is so out in left field as to be almost laughable (the plot point about control reversal is apparently the result of a writer hearing a valid aeronautical term and misunderstanding it completely) but in the end, the issues raised and the fine performances make Sound Barrier a winner. The aerial photography is outstanding, and there is one beautifully composed shot from below the nose of the Comet airliner that perfectly emphasizes the sleek lines of that most beautiful jet.