The Dam Busters

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'.

Drama Action History Thriller War

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

(Mrs. Wallis)

Basil Sydney

(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)

Anthony Shaw

(R.A.F. Officer 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

(Flt / Sgt. J. Pulford, D.F.M.)

Peter Assinder

(Plt/Off. G. A. Deering, D.F.C.)

Richard Leech

(Squadron Leader H. M. Young, D.F.C.)

Richard Thorp

(Squadron Leader H. E. Maudslay, D.F.C.)

John Fraser

(Flight Lieutenant J. V. Hopgood, D.F.C.)

David Morell

(Flight Lieutenant W. Astell, D.F.C.)

Bill Kerr

(Flight Lieutenant H. B. Martin, D.S.O., D.F.C., A.F.C.)

George Baker

(Flight Lieutenant D. J. H. Maltby, D.S.O., D.F.C.)

Ronald Wilson

(Flight Lieutenant D. J. Shannon, D.S.O., D.F.C.)

Denys Graham

(Flying Officer L. G. Knight, D.S.O.)

Basil Appleby

(Flight Lieutenant R. C. Hay, D.F.C.)

Tim Turner

(Flight Lieutenant J. F. Leggo, D.F.C.)

Ewen Solon

(Flight Sergeant G. E. Powell)

Harold Goodwin

(Wing Comdr. Gibson's Batman)

Patrick McGoohan

(Guard at door (uncredited))

Peter Arne

(Staff Officer to Air-Vice Marshal Cochrane (uncredited))

Edward Cast

(Crew Member (uncredited))

Richard Coleman

(RAF Officer (uncredited))

Brenda De Banzie

(Waitress (uncredited))

Peter Diamond

(Tail Gunner (uncredited))

Gerald Harper

(RAF Officer (uncredited))

Arthur Howard

(RAF Pay Clerk in NAAFI (uncredited))

Lloyd Lamble

(Collins (uncredited))

Philip Latham

(Flight Sergeant (uncredited))

Edwin Richfield

(RAF Officer (uncredited))