- Country: UK
- Genres: Drama, History, War
- Release: 1955-07-16
- Director: Michael Anderson (I)
- Writers: Paul Brickhill , Guy Gibson , R.C. Sherriff
- Language: English
- Stars: Richard Todd , Michael Redgrave , Ursula Jeans (1906–1973) , Basil Sydney (1894–1968) , Patrick Barr , Ernest Clark , Derek Farr , Charles Carson , Stanley Van Beers , Colin Tapley
- Runtime: 105 min
- Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 4 nominations total
- AKA: De dambrekers (Belgium) , Les briseurs de barrages (Canada) , Mai 1943 - Die Zerstörung der Talsperren , The Dam Busters , The Dam Busters (Hungary) , Mørkets eskadrille (Denmark) , A gátrobbantók (Hungary) , The Dam Busters (Canada) , 暁の出撃(1955) (Japan) , Los destructores de diques (Spain) , Les briseurs de barrages (Belgium) , Les briseurs de barrages (France, French Republic) , Esquadrilha Heróica (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Ta frouria katarreoun (Greece) , Sadshekanan (Iran) , Mai '43 - Die Zerstörung der Talsperren , Nocny nalot (Poland) , Distrugătorii de baraje (Romania) , Misión de valientes (Argentina) , Τα φρούρια καταρρέουν (Greece) , The Dam Busters (India) , Разрушители плотин , Taivaalla palaa (Finland) , The Dam Busters (Australia) , The Dam Busters (United Kingdom) , Skvadron 617 (Norway) , The Dambusters (United States of America) , I guastatori delle dighe (Italy) , Labaredas do Inferno (Brazil) , De flögo österut (Sweden)
- Plot:
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’.
- IMDB:tt0046889
The Dam Busters Cast · · · ALL
Michael Anderson
(I)
Director
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
(1906–1973)
Mrs. Wallis
Basil Sydney
(1894–1968)
Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris G.C.B., O.B.E., A.F.C.
Patrick Barr
Captain Joseph (Mutt) Summers, C.B.E.
Ernest Clark
Air Vice-Marshal The Hon. Ralph Cochrane G.B.E., K.C.B., A.F.C.
Derek Farr
Group Captain J. N. H. Whitworth, D.S.O., D.F.C.
Charles Carson
Doctor
Stanley Van Beers
Sir David Pye, C.B., F.R.S.
Colin Tapley
Doctor W.H. Glanville, C.B., C.B.E.
Frederick Leister
Committee Member
Eric Messiter
Committee Member
Laidman Browne
Committee Member
Raymond Huntley
Official, National Physical Laboratory
Hugh Manning
Official, Ministry of Aircraft Production
Edwin Styles
Observer at Trials
Hugh Moxey
Observer at Trials
Laurence Naismith
Farmer
Harold Siddons
Group Signals Officer
Frank Phillips
BBC Announcer
Brewster Mason
Flt / Lt. R. D. Trevor-Roper, D.F.C., D.F.M.
Tony Doonan
Flt / Lt. R. E. G. Hutchison, D.F.C.
Nigel Stock
Flying / Off. F. M. Spafford, D.F.C., D.F.M.
Brian Nissen
Flt / Lt. A. T. Taerum, D.F.C.
Robert Shaw
(I)
(1927–1978)
Flt / Sgt. J. Pulford, D.F.M.