The Dam Busters (1955)
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'.
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
Raymond Huntley
Official, National Physical Laboratory
Hugh Manning
Official, Ministry of Aircraft Production
Edwin Styles
Observer at Trials
Hugh Moxey
Observer at Trials
Laurence Naismith
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