The Dam Busters (The Dambusters) (1955)

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Directed by

Michael Anderson

Starring (View all)

Richard Todd
Wing Commander Guy Gibson, V.C., D.S.O., D.F.C.

Michael Redgrave
Doctor B. N. Wallis, C.B.E., F.R.S.

Ursula Jeans
Mrs. Wallis

Basil Sydney
Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris

Patrick Barr
Captain Joseph

Ernest Clark
Air Vice-Marshal The Hon. Ralph Cochrane

Derek Farr
Group Captain J. N. H. Whitworth, D.S.O., D.F.C.

Charles Carson
Doctor

Written by

Paul Brickhill
(book)

R.C. Sherriff
(screenplay)

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True story of how the RAF attacked German dams in WW2 by using an ingenious technique to drop bombs where they would be most effective using special 'bouncing' bombs invented by British engineer Barnes Wallis.

Release date: 16 July 1955
UPC: 013131345391

Tags: British (6), Drama (4), War (4), World War II (4), 1955 (4), Action (2), History (2), 1950s (2), WWII (2), Bouncing Bomb (2), 1950's (1), Warner Bros. (1), (1)

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