The Dam Busters

The Dam Busters

6.9 | 1955-05-16 | Drama Action History Thriller 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'.

Featured Crew

Erwin Hillier Director of Photography
Paul Brickhill Author
Leighton Lucas Music
Guy Gibson Author
Michael Anderson Director
R.C. Sherriff Screenplay
Norman Warwick Camera Operator
Stuart Freeborn Makeup Artist
Robert Jones Art Direction
George Blackwell Special Effects

Cast

Richard Todd
Richard Todd
Wing Commander Guy Gibson, V.C., D.S.O., D.F.C.
Michael Redgrave
Michael Redgrave
Doctor B. N. Wallis, C.B.E., F.R.S.
Ursula Jeans
Ursula Jeans
Mrs. Wallis
Basil Sydney
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.
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.

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