Tony is een succesvolle jagerpiloot in WOII. Na de oorlog trouwt hij met Susan, de dochter van de rijke oliemagnaat John Ridgefield. John ontwerpt ook vliegtuigen en is geobsedeerd door het idee dat zijn bedrijf als eerste de geluidsbarrière zal doorbreken.
Ja! de film The Sound Barrier is nu beschikbaar om te kijken op Netflix in Nederland.
| Writing | Terence Rattigan | Writer |
| Directing | David Lean | Director |
| Production | David Lean | Producer |
| Editing | Geoffrey Foot | Editor |
| Art | Joseph Bato | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | George Partleton | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Winston Ryder | Sound Editor |
| Production | Norman Spencer | Associate Producer |
| Camera | Jack Hildyard | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elizabeth Hennings | Costume Supervisor |
| Production | John Palmer | Production Manager |
| Sound | Bert Ross | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Malcolm Arnold | Original Music Composer |
| Art | John Hawkesworth | Art Direction |
| Directing | Adrian Pryce-Jones | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ida Mills | Hairstylist |
| Sound | John Cox | Sound Director |
| Art | Vincent Korda | Set Designer |
| Camera | Wally Fairweather | Clapper Loader |
| Production | Jean Osborne | Publicist |
| Production | Margaret Townsend | Production Secretary |
