The Sound Barrier

Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew

Directed by

David Lean

Writing Credits

Terence Rattigan
(story)
Terence Rattigan
(screenplay)

Cast

Ralph Richardson
J.R.
Ann Todd
Susan Garthwaite
Nigel Patrick
Tony
John Justin
Philip
Dinah Sheridan
Jess
Joseph Tomelty
Will
Denholm Elliott
Chris
Jack Allen
'Windy'
Ralph Michael
Fletcher
Rodney Goodall
Little Boy
Donald Harron
ATA Officer
Vincent Holman
Factor
Jolyon Jackley
Susan's Baby
Douglas Muir
Controller
Leslie Phillips
Controller
Anthony Snell
Peter Makepeace
Sally-Jane Spencer
Daughter of Philip
Robert Brooks Turner
Test Bed Operator

Produced by

David Lean
producer
Norman Spencer
associate producer

Music by

Malcolm Arnold

Cinematography by

Jack Hildyard
(photographed by)

Editing by

Geoffrey Foot

Art Direction by

Joseph Bato
John Hawkesworth

Makeup Department

Ida Mills
hairdresser
George Partleton
makeup artist
Daphne Martin
hairdresser (uncredited)

Production Management

John Palmer
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Adrian Pryce-Jones
assistant director
Anthony Squire
director: aerial unit
Ted Cotton
second assistant director (uncredited)
David Peers
assistant director: aerial unit (uncredited)
Fred Slark
third assistant director (uncredited)
Anthony Squire
second unit director: flying sequences (uncredited)

Art Department

Leila Rubin
sets designer (as Vincent Korda)
Maurice Fowler
draughtsman (uncredited)
William Hutchinson
draughtsman (uncredited)
Peter Mullins
scenic artist (uncredited)
Elizabeth Scott
draughtsman (uncredited)
Elven Webb
draughtsman (uncredited)

Sound Department

Bill Cook
boom operator
John Cox
sound supervisor
Bert Ross
sound recordist
Winston Ryder
sound editor
Jack Davies
boom operator (uncredited)
Dick Longstaff
sound maintenance (uncredited)
Harry Tate
sound camera operator (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

Denys N. Coop
camera operator (as Denys Coop)
Jo Jago
cameraman: aerial unit
Peter Newbrook
cameraman: aerial unit
John Wilcox
cameraman: aerial unit
Peter Broxup
focus puller (uncredited)
Ceri Davies
clapper loader (uncredited)
Wally Fairweather
clapper loader (uncredited)
John Godar
focus puller: aerial unit (uncredited)
George Courtney Ward
still photographer (uncredited)
Paul Wilson
assistant camera: second unit (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Elizabeth Hennings
costume supervisor
Ivy Baker
wardrobe mistress (uncredited)
Jack Dalmayne
wardrobe master (uncredited)

Editorial Department

Teddy Darvas
second assistant cutter (uncredited)
Valerie Leslie
first assistant editor (uncredited)
Peter Taylor
assembly editor (uncredited)

Music Department

Muir Mathieson
conductor: The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / musical director (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

Maggie Unsworth
continuity (as Margaret Shipway)
Beryl Booth
continuity: aerial unit (uncredited)

Additional Crew

Pamela Mann
producer's secretary (uncredited)
Jean Osborne
publicist (uncredited)
Margaret Townsend
production secretary (uncredited)

Thanks

Leslie Colquhoun
the producers wish to acknowledge the generous help and advice of the following test pilots . . . (as Leslie Colquhoun D.F.C. G.M. D.F.M.)
John Cunningham
the producers wish to acknowledge the generous help and advice of the following test pilots . . . (as John Cunningham D.S.O. O.B.E. D.F.C. D.L.)
John Derry
the producers wish to acknowledge the generous help and advice of the following test pilots . . . (as John Derry D.F.C.)
Gordon Horne
the producers wish to acknowledge the generous help and advice of the following test pilots . . .
Michael Lithgow
the producers wish to acknowledge the generous help and advice of the following test pilots . . .
David Morgan
the producers wish to acknowledge the generous help and advice of the following test pilots . . .
Jeffrey Quill
the producers wish to acknowledge the generous help and advice of the following test pilots . . . (as Jeffrey Quill O.B..E. A.F.C.)
Trevor S. Wade
the producers wish to acknowledge the generous help and advice of the following test pilots . . . (as the late Trevor S. Wade D.F.C. A.F.C.)
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