The Dam Busters

Synopsis

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'.

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Cast

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

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

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  Ursula Jeans
  Mrs. Wallis

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  Basil Sydney
  Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris G.C.B., O.B.E., A.F.C.

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  Patrick Barr
  Captain Joseph (Mutt) Summers, C.B.E.

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  Ernest Clark
  Air Vice-Marshal The Hon. Ralph Cochrane G.B.E., K.C.B., A.F.C.

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

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  Charles Carson
  Doctor

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  Stanley Van Beers
  Sir David Pye, C.B., F.R.S.

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  Colin Tapley
  Doctor W.H. Glanville, C.B., C.B.E.

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  Frederick Leister
  Committee Member

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  Eric Messiter
  Committee Member

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  Laidman Browne
  Committee Member

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  Raymond Huntley
  Official, National Physical Laboratory

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  Hugh Manning
  Official, Ministry of Aircraft Production

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  Edwin Styles
  Observer at Trials

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  Hugh Moxey
  Observer at Trials

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  Anthony Shaw
  R.A.F. Officer at Trials