Rent Hobson's Choice / The Sound Barrier (1953)
3.8 of 5 from 35 ratings
3h 34min
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- Synopsis:
- The Sound Barrier:
The true story of the jet plane's early days and the committed men who risked all to test the danger levels. Ralph Richardson is an air-craft manufacturer driven to design the first supersonic aeroplane even if his obsession to break the sound barrier costs him his humanity, the love of his family and the ultimate sacrifice – his son.
Hobson's Choice:
The brilliant, touching and delightful working-class comedy from David Lean. Charles Laughton is the drunken tyrannical Lancashire Bootmaker brought to heel by his tough eldest daughter and her simple-minded husband after they open a rival shoe shop. - Actors:
- Charles Laughton, Ralph Richardson, John Mills, Anne Todd, Brenda De Banzie, Nigel Patrick, Daphne Anderson, Dinah Sheridan, Prunella Scales, John Justin, Derek Blomfield, Jack Allen, Dorothy Gordon, Denholm Elliott, Helen Haye, Jolyon Jackley, Ralph Michael, John Laurie, Leslie Phillips, Gibb McLaughlin
- Directors:
- David Lean
- Studio:
- StudioCanal
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Classics, Drama
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