The Dam Busters (1955)

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The British The Dam Busters is the story of the development and utilization of the "bouncing bombs" in World War II. Michael Redgrave stars as Dr. Barnes Wallis, who developed these unorthodox explosives. Wallis' invention is put to practical use during the British raid on the Ruhr Dams in Germany. Most of the film is devoted to the two years spent in creating the bombs and training the pilots; the final sequence is a special-effects masterpiece, even allowing for the obvious models standing in for the dams. Adapted by R.C. Sherriff from both Guy Gibson's book Enemy Coast Ahead and Paul Brickhill's The Dam Busters, this film was Britain's biggest box-office success of 1955. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Starring:: Richard Todd, Michael Redgrave, (more)

Director(s):: Michael Anderson

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Richard Todd - Wing Cmdr. Guy Gibson
Ursula Jeans - Mrs. Wallis
Derek Farr - Group Capt. J.N.H. Whitworth
Patrick Barr - Capt. Joseph Summers
Basil Sydney - Sir Arthur Harris
Laurence Naismith - Farmer
Anthony Doonan - Flight Lt. Hutchison
George Baker - Flight Lt. Maltby
Harold Goodwin - Crosby
Tim Turner - Flt/Lt. J.P. Leggo
Denys Graham - Flying/Off. L.G. Knight
Laidman Browne - Committee Member
Edwin Styles - Observers at Trials
Robert Shaw - Flight Sgt. Pulford
Frank Phillips - BBC Announcer
Richard Thorp - Sqd Ldr. H.F. Maudslay
Ewen Solon - Flt/Sgt. G.E. Powell
Richard Leech - Sqd Ldr. H.M. Young

Michael Redgrave - Dr. Barnes N. Wallis
Stanley van Beers - Sir David Pye
Raymond Huntley - Official from Ministry of Aircraft
John Fraser - Flight Lt. Hopgood
Ernest Clark - AVM Ralph Cochrane
Brewster Mason - Flt/Lt. R.D. Trevor-Roper
Nigel Stock - Flight Lt. Spafford
Charles Carson - Doctor
Colin Tapley - Dr. W.H. Glanville
Eric Messiter - Committee Member
Brian Nissen - Flt/Lt. A.T. Taerum
Hugh Moxey - Observers at Trials
Anthony Shaw - R.A.F. Officer at Trials
Patrick McGoohan - Guard on Door
Basil Appleby - Flt/Lt. R.C. Hay
Harold Siddons - Group Signals Officer
Bill Kerr - Flight Lt. Martin
Frederick Leister - Committee Member

Director(s):: Michael Anderson

Writer(s):: R.C. Sherriff

Producer(s):: Robert Clark, W.A. Whittaker

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	Thomas B.

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The Dam Busters is an excellent 1955 black and white British war movie. It is based on true events surrounding the mission (Operation Chastise) to use bouncing bombs to destroy three dams on the Ruhr river in Germany. This movie is different. It begins with an idea on paper and follows from point A to point B etc. It starts with the science, the experiments, the politics, and the creation of the bomb. There is the forming of the special squadron, the constant practices and finally the mission. There are no sub-plots or romances or other distractions. Some viewers may find parts of the movie to be socially incorrect. This was Great Britain in 1943. A lot of men died and their true story deserves to be told in this honest and mostly factual way.

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