Les Briseurs de barrages
The Dam Busters
En 1942, alors que l'Angleterre ne cesse d'être victime des raids aériens allemands, l'ingénieur Barnes N. Wallis étudie le moyen de faire sauter les trois barrages de la Moehne sur la Ruhr. Seule une bombe explosant au fond de l'eau pourra, l'onde de choc aidant, ébranler la formidable maçonnerie. Wallis parvient à ses fins en imaginant un engin cylindrique de cinq tonnes qui, lâché à une vitesse précise et une distance bien déterminée, rebondira par ricochets sur la surface de l'eau pour couler au pied du barrage. Après plusieurs tentatives infructueuses sur des maquettes, Wallis réussit à faire adopter son projet par la R.A.F. grâce à l'intervention du général Arthur Harris. Aidé du commandant Whitworth, le lieutenant-colonel Gibson, à la tête d'un imposant groupe d'aviateurs, met au point la technique très délicate du bombardement...
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Patrick Barr
as Captain Joseph (Mutt) Summers, C.B.E.
Charles Carson
as Doctor
Stanley Van Beers
as Sir David Pye, C.B., F.R.S.
Arthur Howard
as RAF Pay Clerk in NAAFI (uncredited)
Ursula Jeans
as Mrs. Wallis
Derek Farr
as Group Captain J. N. H. Whitworth, D.S.O., D.F.C.
Laurence Naismith
as Farmer
Denys Graham
as Flying Officer L. G. Knight, D.S.O.
Raymond Huntley
as Official, National Physical Laboratory
Richard Todd
as Wing Commander Guy Gibson, V.C., D.S.O., D.F.C.
Ernest Clark
as Air Vice-Marshal The Hon. Ralph Cochrane G.B.E., K.C.B., A.F.C.
Nigel Stock
as Flying / Off. F. M. Spafford, D.F.C., D.F.M.
Harold Goodwin
as Wing Comdr. Gibson's Batman
Peter Arne
as Staff Officer to Air-Vice Marshal Cochrane (uncredited)
Colin Tapley
as Doctor W.H. Glanville, C.B., C.B.E.
Frederick Leister
as Committee Member
Hugh Manning
as Official, Ministry of Aircraft Production
George Baker
as Flight Lieutenant D. J. H. Maltby, D.S.O., D.F.C.
Lloyd Lamble
as Collins (uncredited)
Hugh Moxey
as Observer at Trials
Richard Leech
as Squadron Leader H. M. Young, D.F.C.
John Fraser
as Flight Lieutenant J. V. Hopgood, D.F.C.
Tim Turner
as Flight Lieutenant J. F. Leggo, D.F.C.
Patrick McGoohan
as Guard at door (uncredited)
Gerald Harper
as RAF Officer (uncredited)
Edwin Richfield
as RAF Officer (uncredited)
Edwin Styles
as Observer at Trials
Brian Nissen
as Flt / Lt. A. T. Taerum, D.F.C.
Richard Thorp
as Squadron Leader H. E. Maudslay, D.F.C.
Bill Kerr
as Flight Lieutenant H. B. Martin, D.S.O., D.F.C., A.F.C.
Peter Diamond
as Tail Gunner (uncredited)
Basil Sydney
as Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris G.C.B., O.B.E., A.F.C.
Robert Shaw
as Flt / Sgt. J. Pulford, D.F.M.
Ewen Solon
as Flight Sergeant G. E. Powell
Philip Latham
as Flight Sergeant (uncredited)
Michael Redgrave
as Doctor B. N. Wallis, C.B.E., F.R.S.
