The Dam Busters

The Dam Busters

124 mins | Drama, Action, Thriller, War, History | May 16, 1955

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'.

The Dam Busters

124 mins | Drama, Action, Thriller, War, History | May 16, 1955

The Dam Busters
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'.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Associated British Picture Corporation
Original title The Dam Busters
Directors Thelma Orr, John Street, Michael Anderson
Writers Guy Gibson, Paul Brickhill, R.C. Sherriff

Cast

Richard Todd

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

Michael Redgrave

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

Ursula Jeans

as Mrs. Wallis

Basil Sydney

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

Patrick Barr

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

Ernest Clark

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

Derek Farr

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

Charles Carson

as Doctor

Stanley Van Beers

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

Colin Tapley

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

Frederick Leister

as Committee Member

Eric Messiter

as Committee Member

Laidman Browne

as Committee Member

Raymond Huntley

as Official, National Physical Laboratory

Hugh Manning

as Official, Ministry of Aircraft Production

Edwin Styles

as Observer at Trials

Hugh Moxey

as Observer at Trials

Anthony Shaw

as R.A.F. Officer at Trials

Laurence Naismith

as Farmer

Harold Siddons

as Group Signals Officer

Frank Phillips

as BBC Announcer

Brewster Mason

as Flt / Lt. R. D. Trevor-Roper, D.F.C., D.F.M.

Tony Doonan

as Flt / Lt. R. E. G. Hutchison, D.F.C.

Nigel Stock

as Flying / Off. F. M. Spafford, D.F.C., D.F.M.

Brian Nissen

as Flt / Lt. A. T. Taerum, D.F.C.

Robert Shaw

as Flt / Sgt. J. Pulford, D.F.M.

Peter Assinder

as Plt/Off. G. A. Deering, D.F.C.

Richard Leech

as Squadron Leader H. M. Young, D.F.C.

Richard Thorp

as Squadron Leader H. E. Maudslay, D.F.C.

John Fraser

as Flight Lieutenant J. V. Hopgood, D.F.C.

David Morell

as Flight Lieutenant W. Astell, D.F.C.

Bill Kerr

as Flight Lieutenant H. B. Martin, D.S.O., D.F.C., A.F.C.

George Baker

as Flight Lieutenant D. J. H. Maltby, D.S.O., D.F.C.

Ronald Wilson

as Flight Lieutenant D. J. Shannon, D.S.O., D.F.C.

Denys Graham

as Flying Officer L. G. Knight, D.S.O.

Basil Appleby

as Flight Lieutenant R. C. Hay, D.F.C.

Tim Turner

as Flight Lieutenant J. F. Leggo, D.F.C.

Ewen Solon

as Flight Sergeant G. E. Powell

Harold Goodwin

as Wing Comdr. Gibson's Batman