The Dam Busters
6.9(160) 1955-05-16 124 minDramaHistoryWar
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'.
DirectorMichael Anderson
ScreenplayR.C. Sherriff
Cast & characters
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
No photo
Eric Messiter
as Committee Member
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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
No photo
Anthony Shaw
as R.A.F. Officer at Trials
Laurence Naismith
as Farmer
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Harold Siddons
as Group Signals Officer
No photo
Frank Phillips
as BBC Announcer
No photo
Brewster Mason
as Flt / Lt. R. D. Trevor-Roper, D.F.C., D.F.M.
No photo
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.
