The Dam Busters
Michael Anderson1955-05-16
6.8
124 min
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'.
Cast
| Name | Character | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Richard Todd | Wing Commander Guy Gibson, V.C., D.S.O., D.F.C. | Unowned |
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Michael Redgrave | Doctor B. N. Wallis, C.B.E., F.R.S. | Unowned |
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Ursula Jeans | Mrs. Wallis | Unowned |
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Basil Sydney | Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris G.C.B., O.B.E., A.F.C. | Unowned |
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Patrick Barr | Captain Joseph (Mutt) Summers, C.B.E. | Unowned |
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Ernest Clark | Air Vice-Marshal The Hon. Ralph Cochrane G.B.E., K.C.B., A.F.C. | Unowned |
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Derek Farr | Group Captain J. N. H. Whitworth, D.S.O., D.F.C. | Unowned |
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Charles Carson | Doctor | Unowned |
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Stanley Van Beers | Sir David Pye, C.B., F.R.S. | Unowned |
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Colin Tapley | Doctor W.H. Glanville, C.B., C.B.E. | Unowned |
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Frederick Leister | Committee Member | Unowned |
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Eric Messiter | Committee Member | Unowned |
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Laidman Browne | Committee Member | Unowned |
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Raymond Huntley | Official, National Physical Laboratory | Unowned |
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Hugh Manning | Official, Ministry of Aircraft Production | Unowned |
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Edwin Styles | Observer at Trials | Unowned |
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Hugh Moxey | Observer at Trials | Unowned |
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Anthony Shaw | R.A.F. Officer at Trials | Unowned |
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Laurence Naismith | Farmer | Unowned |
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Harold Siddons | Group Signals Officer | Unowned |
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Frank Phillips | BBC Announcer | Unowned |
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Brewster Mason | Flt / Lt. R. D. Trevor-Roper, D.F.C., D.F.M. | Unowned |
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Tony Doonan | Flt / Lt. R. E. G. Hutchison, D.F.C. | Unowned |
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Nigel Stock | Flying / Off. F. M. Spafford, D.F.C., D.F.M. | Unowned |
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Brian Nissen | Flt / Lt. A. T. Taerum, D.F.C. | Unowned |
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Robert Shaw | Flt / Sgt. J. Pulford, D.F.M. | Unowned |
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Peter Assinder | Plt/Off. G. A. Deering, D.F.C. | Unowned |
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Richard Leech | Squadron Leader H. M. Young, D.F.C. | Unowned |
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Richard Thorp | Squadron Leader H. E. Maudslay, D.F.C. | Unowned |
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John Fraser | Flight Lieutenant J. V. Hopgood, D.F.C. | Unowned |
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David Morell | Flight Lieutenant W. Astell, D.F.C. | Unowned |
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Bill Kerr | Flight Lieutenant H. B. Martin, D.S.O., D.F.C., A.F.C. | Unowned |
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George Baker | Flight Lieutenant D. J. H. Maltby, D.S.O., D.F.C. | Unowned |
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Ronald Wilson | Flight Lieutenant D. J. Shannon, D.S.O., D.F.C. | Unowned |
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Denys Graham | Flying Officer L. G. Knight, D.S.O. | Unowned |
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Basil Appleby | Flight Lieutenant R. C. Hay, D.F.C. | Unowned |
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Tim Turner | Flight Lieutenant J. F. Leggo, D.F.C. | Unowned |
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Ewen Solon | Flight Sergeant G. E. Powell | Unowned |
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Harold Goodwin | Wing Comdr. Gibson's Batman | Unowned |
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Patrick McGoohan | Guard at door (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Peter Arne | Staff Officer to Air-Vice Marshal Cochrane (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Edward Cast | Crew Member (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Richard Coleman | RAF Officer (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Brenda De Banzie | Waitress (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Peter Diamond | Tail Gunner (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Gerald Harper | RAF Officer (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Arthur Howard | RAF Pay Clerk in NAAFI (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Lloyd Lamble | Collins (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Philip Latham | Flight Sergeant (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Edwin Richfield | RAF Officer (uncredited) | Unowned |