Rating: NR
Genre: War
Release Date: 10/17/2006
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD2
Run Time: 125 Minutes
Flags: Suitable for Children
Distributor/Studio: Anchor Bay

The British The Dam Busters is the story of the development and utilization of the "bouncing bombs" in World War II. Michael Redgrave stars as Dr. Barnes Wallis, who developed these unorthodox explosives. Wallis' invention is put to practical use during the British raid on the Ruhr Dams in Germany. Most of the film is devoted to the two years spent in creating the bombs and training the pilots; the final sequence is a special-effects masterpiece, even allowing for the obvious models standing in for the dams. Adapted by R.C. Sherriff from both Guy Gibson's book Enemy Coast Ahead and Paul Brickhill's The Dam Busters, this film was Britain's biggest box-office success of 1955.

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Richard Todd - Wing Cmdr. Guy Gibson
Michael Redgrave - Dr. Barnes N. Wallis
Stanley van Beers - Sir David Pye
Ursula Jeans - Mrs. Wallis
Raymond Huntley - Official from Ministry of Aircraft
Derek Farr - Group Capt. J.N.H. Whitworth
Patrick Barr - Capt. Joseph Summers
John Fraser - Flight Lt. Hopgood
Basil Sydney - Sir Arthur Harris
Ernest Clark - AVM Ralph Cochrane
Laurence Naismith - Farmer
Brewster Mason - Flt/Lt. R.D. Trevor-Roper
Anthony Doonan - Flight Lt. Hutchison
Nigel Stock - Flight Lt. Spafford
George Baker - Flight Lt. Maltby

Production:
Michael Anderson - Director
W.A. Whittaker Robert Clark - Producer
Eric Coates Louis Levy Leighton Lucas - Composer
Richard Best - Editor
R.C. Sherriff - Screen Writer
Wing Cmdr. Guy Gibson - Book Author
Erwin Hillier - Cinematographer
Louis Levy - Musical Direction/Supervision
Robert Jones - Production Designer
Gilbert Taylor - Special Effects
Paul Brickhill - Book Author

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