The Dam Busters

6.9 1955 124 min

NR

Drama History War

The story of the conception of a new British weapon for smashing the German dams in the Ruhr industrial complex and the execution of the raid by 617 Squadron 'The Dam Busters'.

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Director: Michael Anderson
Writer: R.C. Sherriff
Classification: NR

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Richard Todd Wing Commander Guy Gibson, V.C., D.S.O., D.F.C.

Michael Redgrave Doctor B. N. Wallis, C.B.E., F.R.S.

Ursula Jeans Mrs. Wallis

Basil Sydney Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris G.C.B., O.B.E., A.F.C.

Patrick Barr Captain Joseph (Mutt) Summers, C.B.E.

Ernest Clark Air Vice-Marshal The Hon. Ralph Cochrane G.B.E., K.C.B., A.F.C.

Derek Farr Group Captain J. N. H. Whitworth, D.S.O., D.F.C.

Charles Carson Doctor

Stanley Van Beers Sir David Pye, C.B., F.R.S.

Colin Tapley Doctor W.H. Glanville, C.B., C.B.E.

Frederick Leister Committee Member

Eric Messiter Committee Member

Laidman Browne Committee Member

Raymond Huntley Official, National Physical Laboratory

Hugh Manning Official, Ministry of Aircraft Production

Edwin Styles Observer at Trials

Hugh Moxey Observer at Trials

Anthony Shaw R.A.F. Officer at Trials

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