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'.
Directed by
Michael Anderson
Robert Shaw
Flt / Sgt. J. Pulford, D.F.M.
Arthur Howard
RAF Pay Clerk in NAAFI (uncredited)
Stanley Van Beers
Sir David Pye, C.B., F.R.S.
Patrick McGoohan
Guard at door (uncredited)
Edwin Richfield
RAF Officer (uncredited)
Edwin Styles
Observer at Trials
Frederick Leister
Committee Member
Denys Graham
Flying Officer L. G. Knight, D.S.O.
Richard Todd
Wing Commander Guy Gibson, V.C., D.S.O., D.F.C.
Derek Farr
Group Captain J. N. H. Whitworth, D.S.O., D.F.C.
Michael Redgrave
Doctor B. N. Wallis, C.B.E., F.R.S.
Laurence Naismith
Farmer
John Fraser
Flight Lieutenant J. V. Hopgood, D.F.C.
Nigel Stock
Flying / Off. F. M. Spafford, D.F.C., D.F.M.
Ernest Clark
Air Vice-Marshal The Hon. Ralph Cochrane G.B.E., K.C.B., A.F.C.
Peter Arne
Staff Officer to Air-Vice Marshal Cochrane (uncredited)
Raymond Huntley
Official, National Physical Laboratory
Harold Goodwin
Wing Comdr. Gibson's Batman
Basil Sydney
Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris G.C.B., O.B.E., A.F.C.
Ewen Solon
Flight Sergeant G. E. Powell
George Baker
Flight Lieutenant D. J. H. Maltby, D.S.O., D.F.C.
Philip Latham
Flight Sergeant (uncredited)
Peter Diamond
Tail Gunner (uncredited)
Richard Leech
Squadron Leader H. M. Young, D.F.C.
Lloyd Lamble
Collins (uncredited)
Bill Kerr
Flight Lieutenant H. B. Martin, D.S.O., D.F.C., A.F.C.