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The Dam Busters

1955 · 2h 4m · 6.9 on TMDB

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'.

Cast

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

Patrick Barr

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

Ernest Clark

Ernest Clark

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

Derek Farr

Derek Farr

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

Charles Carson

Charles Carson

Doctor

Stanley Van Beers

Stanley Van Beers

Sir David Pye, C.B., F.R.S.

Colin Tapley

Colin Tapley

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

Frederick Leister

Frederick Leister

Committee Member

Eric Messiter

Committee Member

Awards

Best Film · 1955nomineeBAFTA
Outstanding British Film · 1955nomineeBAFTA

Production

Associated British Picture Corporation

Directed by

Michael Anderson

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Released: May 16, 1955

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