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
Gerald Harper
as RAF Officer (uncredited)
Stanley Van Beers
as Sir David Pye, C.B., F.R.S.
Bill Kerr
as Flight Lieutenant H. B. Martin, D.S.O., D.F.C., A.F.C.
Lloyd Lamble
as Collins (uncredited)
Basil Sydney
as Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris G.C.B., O.B.E., A.F.C.
Charles Carson
as Doctor
Hugh Manning
as Official, Ministry of Aircraft Production
John Fraser
as Flight Lieutenant J. V. Hopgood, D.F.C.
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.
Derek Farr
as Group Captain J. N. H. Whitworth, D.S.O., D.F.C.
Richard Thorp
as Squadron Leader H. E. Maudslay, D.F.C.
George Baker
as Flight Lieutenant D. J. H. Maltby, D.S.O., D.F.C.
Harold Goodwin
as Wing Comdr. Gibson's Batman
Peter Diamond
as Tail Gunner (uncredited)
Colin Tapley
as Doctor W.H. Glanville, C.B., C.B.E.
Edwin Styles
as Observer at Trials
Ursula Jeans
as Mrs. Wallis
Raymond Huntley
as Official, National Physical Laboratory
Brian Nissen
as Flt / Lt. A. T. Taerum, D.F.C.
Tim Turner
as Flight Lieutenant J. F. Leggo, D.F.C.
Ewen Solon
as Flight Sergeant G. E. Powell
Edwin Richfield
as RAF Officer (uncredited)
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.
Frederick Leister
as Committee Member
Hugh Moxey
as Observer at Trials
Peter Arne
as Staff Officer to Air-Vice Marshal Cochrane (uncredited)
Philip Latham
as Flight Sergeant (uncredited)
Patrick Barr
as Captain Joseph (Mutt) Summers, C.B.E.
Laurence Naismith
as Farmer
Nigel Stock
as Flying / Off. F. M. Spafford, D.F.C., D.F.M.
Robert Shaw
as Flt / Sgt. J. Pulford, D.F.M.
Richard Leech
as Squadron Leader H. M. Young, D.F.C.
Denys Graham
as Flying Officer L. G. Knight, D.S.O.
Patrick McGoohan
as Guard at door (uncredited)
