The Dam Busters

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'.

Release Date

16 May 1955

124 minutes

Director

Main Cast

Wing Commander Guy Gibson, V.C., D.S.O., D.F.C.
Doctor B. N. Wallis, C.B.E., F.R.S.
Mrs. Wallis
Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris G.C.B., O.B.E., A.F.C.
Captain Joseph (Mutt) Summers, C.B.E.
Air Vice-Marshal The Hon. Ralph Cochrane G.B.E., K.C.B., A.F.C.
Group Captain J. N. H. Whitworth, D.S.O., D.F.C.
Sir David Pye, C.B., F.R.S.
Doctor W.H. Glanville, C.B., C.B.E.
Committee Member
Committee Member