The Sound Barrier (1952)

Joseph Tomelty: Will

Quotes 

• Philip Peel : Will?

  Will Sparks : What?

  Philip Peel : Is it possible that at the speed of sound, the controls are reversed?

  Will Sparks : At the speed of sound, Philip, anything's possible. Why?

  Philip Peel : During the war once, I put a Spitfire into a flat-out dive. No particular reason, just youthful high spirits. I think now that I hit the sound barrier. I remember that the more I pulled on the stick, the harder the nose went down. The same thing happened this morning.

  Will Sparks : You're not supposed to do a high Mach number!

  Philip Peel : I know, but I did. Both times, I had the feeling that if I'd had the guts to put the stick forward instead of pulling it back, I could have pulled out without having to lose speed. What do you think?

  Will Sparks : There's nothing in the books to suggest for one second anything so Edgar Allan Poe-ish.

  Philip Peel : Rather depends on the books, doesn't it, Will? There were books once that said the Earth was flat.

• Will Sparks : I am coming to the Do tonight.

  Susan : Oh, dear, is there a Do tonight?

• Tony Garthwaite : What exactly does happen to an airplane at the speed of sound?

  Will Sparks : I don't know. And shall I tell you something, Tony?

  Tony Garthwaite : What?

  Will Sparks : No one else in the world does either.

• Will Sparks : Well, the Chinaman, he says,"Me no like 'em pretty lady, me like 'em pretty drinkie."

  [laughs] 

• Will Sparks : You know what you are J.R.? You're a vile seducer.

• Philip Peel : I'll not stick the nose on the tail.

  Will Sparks : I'll stick your nose in your tail.