The Dam Busters
Drama
History
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'.
1955-05-16
en
Cast
Director
Michael Anderson
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
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
Laurence Naismith as Farmer
Nigel Stock as Flying / Off. F. M. Spafford, D.F.C., D.F.M.
Brian Nissen as Flt / Lt. A. T. Taerum, D.F.C.
Robert Shaw as Flt / Sgt. J. Pulford, D.F.M.
Richard Leech as Squadron Leader H. M. Young, D.F.C.
Richard Thorp as Squadron Leader H. E. Maudslay, D.F.C.
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.
George Baker as Flight Lieutenant D. J. H. Maltby, D.S.O., D.F.C.
Denys Graham as Flying Officer L. G. Knight, D.S.O.
Tim Turner as Flight Lieutenant J. F. Leggo, D.F.C.
Ewen Solon as Flight Sergeant G. E. Powell
Harold Goodwin as Wing Comdr. Gibson's Batman
Patrick McGoohan as Guard at door (uncredited)
Peter Arne as Staff Officer to Air-Vice Marshal Cochrane (uncredited)
Peter Diamond as Tail Gunner (uncredited)
Gerald Harper as RAF Officer (uncredited)
Arthur Howard as RAF Pay Clerk in NAAFI (uncredited)
Lloyd Lamble as Collins (uncredited)
Philip Latham as Flight Sergeant (uncredited)
Edwin Richfield as RAF Officer (uncredited)