Adapted by R.C. Sherriff from Guy Gibson's book Enemy Coast Ahead, The Dam Busters is a docudrama following 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'
Adapted by R.C. Sherriff from Guy Gibson's book Enemy Coast Ahead, The Dam Busters is a docudrama following 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'
Robert Shaw
as Flt / Sgt. J. Pulford, D.F.M.
Patrick McGoohan
as Guard at door (uncredited)
John Fraser
as Flight Lieutenant J. V. Hopgood, D.F.C.
George Baker
as Flight Lieutenant D. J. H. Maltby, D.S.O., D.F.C.
Peter Diamond
as Tail Gunner (uncredited)
Brenda De Banzie
as Waitress (uncredited)
Michael Redgrave
as Doctor B. N. Wallis, C.B.E., F.R.S.
Richard Todd
as Wing Commander Guy Gibson, V.C., D.S.O., D.F.C.
Bill Kerr
as Flight Lieutenant H. B. Martin, D.S.O., D.F.C., A.F.C.
Charles Carson
as Doctor
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Review of The Dam Busters 1955
There are a few tunes in English culture that make every old soul stir, every cataract-ridden eye flood with saltwater, and every mind over a certain age ache for an England long-since headbutted to death by hoodie wearing benefit frauds. Right at the top of the pile, (only narrowly beating raps abo
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