YearTube 1955 The Dam Busters The Dam Busters The Dam Busters is a 1955 British war film about RAF's 617 Squadron attacking German dams using Barnes Wallis's revolutionary bouncing bomb during Operation Chastise.
Directed by Cast 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. Explore