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The Dam Busters
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Title: The Dam Busters

Release Date: 16 May 1955

Runtime: 2h 4m

Genre: Drama, Action, History, Thriller, War

Director: Associated British Picture Corporation

Production Companies: Associated British Picture Corporation

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'.

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Average Vote: 6.9 (143 votes)

Cast

  • Wing Commander Guy Gibson, V.C., D.S.O., D.F.C.: Richard Todd
  • Doctor B. N. Wallis, C.B.E., F.R.S.: Michael Redgrave
  • Mrs. Wallis: Ursula Jeans
  • Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris G.C.B., O.B.E., A.F.C.: Basil Sydney
  • Captain Joseph (Mutt) Summers, C.B.E.: Patrick Barr
  • Air Vice-Marshal The Hon. Ralph Cochrane G.B.E., K.C.B., A.F.C.: Ernest Clark
  • Group Captain J. N. H. Whitworth, D.S.O., D.F.C.: Derek Farr
  • Doctor: Charles Carson
  • Sir David Pye, C.B., F.R.S.: Stanley Van Beers
  • Doctor W.H. Glanville, C.B., C.B.E.: Colin Tapley
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