True story of British RAF Squadron 617 during WWII, assigned the task of destroying three dams in the Ruhr, flooding key industrial regions. Employed to destroy these otherwise indestructible dams are ingenious "bouncing bombs" which skip over water, and the Johnson Sight for aiming. Well-crafted story of persistence; directly influenced the Death Star attack planning scenes in Star Wars (1977). Received an Oscar nomination for Best Special Effects.
Richard Todd | ... Wing Commander Guy Gibson |
Michael Redgrave | ... Dr. B. N. Wallis |
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with |
Ursula Jeans | ... Mrs. Wallis |
Basil Sydney | ... Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris |
Patrick Barr | ... Capt. Joseph "Mutt" Summers |
Ernest Clark | ... Air Vice-Marshal The Hon. Ralph Cochrane |
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and |
Derek Farr | ... Group Capt. J. N. H. Whitworth |
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Charles Carson | ... Doctor |
Stanley Van Beers | ... Sir David Pye |
Colin Tapley | ... Dr. W. H. Glanville |
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 | ... RAF Officer at Trials |
Laurence Naismith | ... Farmer |
Harold Siddons | ... Group Signals Officer |
Frank Phillips | ... BBC Announcer |
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Members of 617 Squadron |
Brewster Mason | ... Flt. Lt. R. D. Trevor-Roper |
Anthony Doonan | ... Flt. Lt. R. E. G. Hutchison |
Nigel Stock | ... Flying Off. F. M. Spafford |
Brian Nissen | ... Flt. Lt. A. T. Taerum |
Robert Shaw | ... Flt. Sgt. J. Pulford |
Peter Assinder | ... Plt. Off. G. A. Deering |
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Richard Leech | ... Squadron Leader H. M. Young |
Richard Thorp | ... Squadron Leader H. E. Maudslay |
John Fraser | ... Flt. Lt. J. V. Hopgood |
David Morrell | ... Flt. Lt. W. Astell |
Bill Kerr | ... Flt. Lt. H. B. Martin |
George Baker | ... Flt. Lt. D. J. H. Maltby |
Ronald Wilson | ... Flt. Lt. D. J. Shannon |
Denys Graham | ... Flying Off. L. G. Knight |
Basil Appleby | ... Flt. Lt. R. C. Hay |
Tim Turner | ... Flt. Lt. J. F. Leggo |
Ewen Solon | ... Flt. Sgt. G. E. Powell |
Harold Goodwin | ... Wing Cmdr. Gibson's Batman |