The Dam Busters

Name: The Dam Busters
Genre: Drama, History, War
Released: 1955
Duration: 124 min
Rating: 6.9

1955 · 124 min

Drama · History · War

★ 6.9

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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'.

Crew

Director Michael Anderson
Screenplay R.C. Sherriff
Director of Photography Erwin Hillier

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
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
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Eric Messiter
Committee Member

Crew

Director — Michael Anderson
Screenplay — R.C. Sherriff
Director of Photography — Erwin Hillier

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