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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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Directed by: Erwin Hillier, Michael Anderson, G. B. Walker
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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.
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