Breaking the Sound Barrier

AKA:

The Sound Barrier

Release Date:

Dec 21, 1952

Running Time:

1:55

Genre:

Adventure

Director:

David Lean

Cast:

Ralph Richardson
Ann Todd
Nigel Patrick

Language:

English

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The Aviator

With a passion for aviation design and engineering, wealthy oilman John Ridgefield is determined to break the sound barrier with the aircraft company he owns. He has already lost his son in the pursuit, and his daughter, Susan, resents her father even more when he chooses her husband, World War II pilot Tony Garthwaite, to be one of the test pilots. Yet Ridgefield stands resolute in the name of scientific progress.

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