Overview
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'.
Cast
- Richard Todd as Wing Commander Guy Gibson, V.C., D.S.O., D.F.C.
- Michael Redgrave as Doctor B. N. Wallis, C.B.E., F.R.S.
- Ursula Jeans as Mrs. Wallis
- Basil Sydney as Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris G.C.B., O.B.E., A.F.C.
- Patrick Barr as Captain Joseph (Mutt) Summers, C.B.E.
- Ernest Clark as Air Vice-Marshal The Hon. Ralph Cochrane G.B.E., K.C.B., A.F.C.
- Derek Farr as Group Captain J. N. H. Whitworth, D.S.O., D.F.C.
- Charles Carson as Doctor
- Stanley Van Beers as Sir David Pye, C.B., F.R.S.
- Colin Tapley as Doctor W.H. Glanville, C.B., C.B.E.