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The Dam Busters

(1955)

May 16, 1955 2h 4m
69%
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Overview

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'.

Michael Anderson

Director

Top Billed Cast

RT

Richard Todd

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

MR

Michael Redgrave

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

UJ

Ursula Jeans

Mrs. Wallis

BS

Basil Sydney

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

PB

Patrick Barr

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

EC

Ernest Clark

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

DF

Derek Farr

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

CC

Charles Carson

Doctor

SVB

Stanley Van Beers

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

CT

Colin Tapley

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

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