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Based on a true story, Michael Anderson's 1954 drama captures the tension and bravery of an audacious raid on the centre of Nazi Germany's industrial complex, and the quintessentially English combination of inventiveness and dogged determination. Split into two distinct sections, the film deals first with the fraught, but ultimately successful development of a new “bouncing bomb” by Dr. Barnes N. Wallis. The second and pacier section deals with the mission itself during the British raid on the Ruhr Dams, and its associated costs for the enemy and for the British airmen.
Original Release
05/16/1955
US Release
07/16/1955
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| 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 (now Marshal of the Royal Air Force) G.C.B., O.B.E., A.F.C. / 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 (now Air Chief Marshal) G.B.E., K.C.B., A.F.C. / 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. / Doctor W.H. Glanville, C.B., C.B.E. |
Directors
Writers
Paul Brickhill, Guy Gibson, R.C. Sherriff
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| 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 (now Marshal of the Royal Air Force) G.C.B., O.B.E., A.F.C. / 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 (now Air Chief Marshal) G.B.E., K.C.B., A.F.C. / 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. / 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 |
Editors
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1956 | Oscar | Best Effects, Special Effects | Nominated |
