The Dam Busters
The Dam Busters
Release: 1955-05-16
·Runtime: 124m
·★ 6.9
Drama
Action
History
Thriller
War
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'.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
Associated British Picture Corporation
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Richard Thorp
as Squadron Leader H. E. Maudslay, D.F.C.
Hugh Manning
as Official, Ministry of Aircraft Production
George Baker
as Flight Lieutenant D. J. H. Maltby, D.S.O., D.F.C.
Tim Turner
as Flight Lieutenant J. F. Leggo, D.F.C.
Harold Goodwin
as Wing Comdr. Gibson's Batman
Lloyd Lamble
as Collins (uncredited)
Richard Leech
as Squadron Leader H. M. Young, D.F.C.
Patrick McGoohan
as Guard at door (uncredited)
Gerald Harper
as RAF Officer (uncredited)
Richard Todd
as Wing Commander Guy Gibson, V.C., D.S.O., D.F.C.
Frederick Leister
as Committee Member
Brian Nissen
as Flt / Lt. A. T. Taerum, D.F.C.
Peter Arne
as Staff Officer to Air-Vice Marshal Cochrane (uncredited)
Michael Redgrave
as Doctor B. N. Wallis, C.B.E., F.R.S.
Derek Farr
as Group Captain J. N. H. Whitworth, D.S.O., D.F.C.
Charles Carson
as Doctor
Colin Tapley
as Doctor W.H. Glanville, C.B., C.B.E.
John Fraser
as Flight Lieutenant J. V. Hopgood, D.F.C.
Bill Kerr
as Flight Lieutenant H. B. Martin, D.S.O., D.F.C., A.F.C.
Denys Graham
as Flying Officer L. G. Knight, D.S.O.
Ewen Solon
as Flight Sergeant G. E. Powell
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.
Stanley Van Beers
as Sir David Pye, C.B., F.R.S.
Laurence Naismith
as Farmer
Peter Diamond
as Tail Gunner (uncredited)
Arthur Howard
as RAF Pay Clerk in NAAFI (uncredited)
Ernest Clark
as Air Vice-Marshal The Hon. Ralph Cochrane G.B.E., K.C.B., A.F.C.
Philip Latham
as Flight Sergeant (uncredited)
Edwin Richfield
as RAF Officer (uncredited)
Nigel Stock
as Flying / Off. F. M. Spafford, D.F.C., D.F.M.
Robert Shaw
as Flt / Sgt. J. Pulford, D.F.M.
Raymond Huntley
as Official, National Physical Laboratory
Edwin Styles
as Observer at Trials
Hugh Moxey
as Observer at Trials
