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.
| Directing | David Lean | Director |
| Writing | Terence Rattigan | Writer |
| Production | David Lean | Producer |
| Production | Norman Spencer | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Malcolm Arnold | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Jack Hildyard | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Geoffrey Foot | Editor |
| Art | Joseph Bato | Art Direction |
| Art | John Hawkesworth | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ida Mills | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | George Partleton | Makeup Artist |
| Production | John Palmer | Production Manager |
| Directing | Adrian Pryce-Jones | Assistant Director |
| Art | Vincent Korda | Set Designer |
| Sound | John Cox | Sound Director |
| Sound | Bert Ross | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Winston Ryder | Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elizabeth Hennings | Costume Supervisor |
| Camera | Wally Fairweather | Clapper Loader |
| Production | Jean Osborne | Publicist |
| Production | Margaret Townsend | Production Secretary |
