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.
Patrick McGoohan
Guard at door (uncredited)
Richard Todd
Wing Commander Guy Gibson, V.C., D.S.O., D.F.C.
Nigel Stock
Flying / Off. F. M. Spafford, D.F.C., D.F.M.
Bill Kerr
Flight Lieutenant H. B. Martin, D.S.O., D.F.C., A.F.C.
Brenda De Banzie
Waitress (uncredited)
Laurence Naismith
Farmer
Michael Redgrave
Doctor B. N. Wallis, C.B.E., F.R.S.
John Fraser
Flight Lieutenant J. V. Hopgood, D.F.C.
Peter Arne
Staff Officer to Air-Vice Marshal Cochrane (uncredited)
Gerald Harper
RAF Officer (uncredited)
Peter Diamond
Tail Gunner (uncredited)
Patrick Barr
Captain Joseph (Mutt) Summers, C.B.E.
Raymond Huntley
Official, National Physical Laboratory
George Baker
Flight Lieutenant D. J. H. Maltby, D.S.O., D.F.C.
Ursula Jeans
Mrs. Wallis
Ewen Solon
Flight Sergeant G. E. Powell
Charles Carson
Doctor
Basil Sydney
Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris G.C.B., O.B.E., A.F.C.
Lloyd Lamble
Collins (uncredited)
Colin Tapley
Doctor W.H. Glanville, C.B., C.B.E.
Edwin Richfield
RAF Officer (uncredited)
Richard Leech
Squadron Leader H. M. Young, D.F.C.
Brian Nissen
Flt / Lt. A. T. Taerum, D.F.C.
Frederick Leister
Committee Member
Derek Farr
Group Captain J. N. H. Whitworth, D.S.O., D.F.C.
Harold Goodwin
Wing Comdr. Gibson's Batman
Edwin Styles
Observer at Trials
Tim Turner
Flight Lieutenant J. F. Leggo, D.F.C.
Philip Latham
Flight Sergeant (uncredited)
Arthur Howard
RAF Pay Clerk in NAAFI (uncredited)
Hugh Manning
Official, Ministry of Aircraft Production
Ernest Clark
Air Vice-Marshal The Hon. Ralph Cochrane G.B.E., K.C.B., A.F.C.