The Dam Busters

Duration: 124 min

Release date: 1955-05-16

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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'.

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

Michael Redgrave

Michael Redgrave

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

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

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

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

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

Stanley Van Beers

Stanley Van Beers

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

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

Frederick Leister

Frederick Leister

as Committee Member

as Committee Member

as Committee Member

Raymond Huntley

Raymond Huntley

as Official, National Physical Laboratory

as Official, Ministry of Aircraft Production

as Observer at Trials

as Observer at Trials

as R.A.F. Officer at Trials

Laurence Naismith

Laurence Naismith

as Group Signals Officer

as BBC Announcer

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

as Flight Sergeant G. E. Powell

as Wing Comdr. Gibson's Batman

Patrick McGoohan

Patrick McGoohan

as Guard at door (uncredited)

as Staff Officer to Air-Vice Marshal Cochrane (uncredited)

as Crew Member (uncredited)

Richard Coleman

Richard Coleman

as RAF Officer (uncredited)

as Tail Gunner (uncredited)

as RAF Officer (uncredited)

as RAF Pay Clerk in NAAFI (uncredited)

as Collins (uncredited)

as Flight Sergeant (uncredited)

Edwin Richfield

Edwin Richfield

as RAF Officer (uncredited)

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Director of Photography

Michael Anderson

Michael Anderson

Camera Operator

Stuart Freeborn

Stuart Freeborn

George Blackwell

George Blackwell

Special Effects

Production Supervisor

Production Manager

Arthur Southgate

Arthur Southgate

Casting Director

Assistant Director

Executive In Charge Of Production

Recording Supervision

Casting Director

Additional Music

Special Effects

J. N. H. Whitworth

J. N. H. Whitworth

Technical Advisor

Philip Barnikel

Philip Barnikel

Assistant Editor

Sound Recordist

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