The Dam Busters
16/05/1955
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'.
Movie Information
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
Eric Messiter
as Committee Member
Laidman Browne
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
Anthony Shaw
as R.A.F. Officer at Trials
Laurence Naismith
as Farmer
Harold Siddons
as Group Signals Officer
Frank Phillips
as BBC Announcer
Brewster Mason
as Flt / Lt. R. D. Trevor-Roper, D.F.C., D.F.M.
Tony Doonan
as Flt / Lt. R. E. G. Hutchison, D.F.C.
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.
Peter Assinder
as Plt/Off. G. A. Deering, D.F.C.
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.
David Morell
as Flight Lieutenant W. Astell, 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.
Ronald Wilson
as Flight Lieutenant D. J. Shannon, D.S.O., D.F.C.
Denys Graham
as Flying Officer L. G. Knight, D.S.O.
Basil Appleby
as Flight Lieutenant R. C. Hay, D.F.C.
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)
Edward Cast
as Crew Member (uncredited)
Richard Coleman
as RAF Officer (uncredited)
Brenda De Banzie
as Waitress (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)
