The Dam Busters (1955)

Introduction

Cast & Credits

• Cast

  • • Wing Commander Guy Gibson

      Richard Todd

    • Dr Barnes N. Wallis

      Michael Redgrave

    • Mrs Wallis

      Ursula Jeans

    • Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris

      Basil Sydney

    • Captain Joseph "Mutt" Summers

      Patrick Barr

    • Air Vice Marshal the Hon. Ralph Cochrane

      Ernest Clark

    • Group Captain J.N.H. Whitworth

      Derek Farr

    • doctor

      Charles Carson

    • Sir David Pye

      Stanley van Beers

    • Dr W.H. Glanville

      Colin Tapley

    • committee member

      Frederick Leister

    • committee member

      Eric Messiter

    • committee member

      Laidman Browne

    • National Physical Laboratory official

      Raymond Huntley

    • Ministry of Aircraft production official

      Hugh Manning

    • observer at trials

      Edwin Styles

    • observer at trials

      Hugh Moxey

    • RAF officer at trials

      Anthony Shaw

    • farmer

      Laurence Naismith

    • Group Signals officer

      Harold Siddons

    • BBC announcer

      Phillips, Frank

    • Flight Lieutenant R.D. Trevor-Roper

      Brewster Mason

    • Flight Lieutenant R.E.G. Hutchison

      Doonan, Anthony

    • Flying Officer F.M. Spafford

      Nigel Stock

    • Flight Lieutenant A.T. Taerum

      Brian Nissen

    • Flight Sergeant J. Pulford

      Robert Shaw

    • Pilot Officer G.E. Deering

      Peter Assinder

    • Squadron Leader H.M. Young

      Richard Leech

    • Squadron Leader H.E. Maudslay

      Richard Thorp

    • Flight Lieutenant J.V. Hopgood

      John Fraser

    • Flight Lieutenant W. Astell

      David Morell

    • Flight Lieutenant H.B. Martin

      Bill Kerr

    • Flight Lieutenant D.J.H. Maltby

      George Baker

    • Flight Lieutenant D.J. Shannon

      Ronald Wilson

    • Flying Officer L.G. Knight

      Denys Graham

    • Flight Lieutenant R.C. Hay

      Basil Appleby

    • Flight Lieutenant J.F. Leggo

      Tim Turner

    • Flight Sergeant G.E. Powell

      Ewen Solon

    • Crosby

      Harold Goodwin

    • Wallis' son

      John Hall  (uncredited)

    • guard on door

      Patrick McGoohan  (uncredited)

    • RAF officer

      Edwin Richfield  (uncredited)

    • flight sergeant at briefing

      Philip Latham  (uncredited)

    • RAf orderly

      Lane Meddick  (uncredited)

    • Collins, civilian technician on exterior trails

      Lloyd Lamble  (uncredited)

    • RAF officer who provokes fight in mess with Gibson's men

      Gerald Harper  (uncredited)

    • RAf officer

      Peter Arne  (uncredited)

    • RAF pay clerk in NAAFI seeking meal in NAAFI

      Arthur Howard  (uncredited)

    • cast member

      Alun Owen  (uncredited)

• Credits

  • Unknown:

    • Directed by

      Michael Anderson

    • Associated British Picture Corporation presents

      Associated British Picture Corporation

    • Director in Charge of Production

      Robert Clark

    • Production Manager

      Scott, Gordon

    • Production Supervisor

      W.A. Whittaker

    • Production Secretary

      Daphne Paice  (uncredited)

    • Assistant Director

      John Street

    • 2nd Assistant Director

      Jeremy Summers  (uncredited)

    • 3rd Assistant Director

      John Pitcher  (uncredited)

    • Assistant Director - Location

      Frederic Goode  (uncredited)

    • Continuity

      Thelma Orr

    • Casting Director

      Robert Lennard

    • Casting Director

      G.B. Walker

    • Screenplay by

      R.C. Sherriff

    • Based on the book by

      Paul Brickhill

    • [Based] On his own account in 'Enemy Coast Ahead'

      Guy Gibson

    • Director of Photography

      Erwin Hillier

    • Special Effects Photography

      Gilbert Taylor

    • Aerial Photography

      Erwin Hillier

    • Camera Operator

      Norman Warwick

    • 2nd Unit Camera Operator

      Val Stewart  (uncredited)

    • Focus Puller

      Chick MacNaughton  (uncredited)

    • 2nd Unit Focus Puller

      Tony White  (uncredited)

    • Clapper Loader

      Kelvin Pike  (uncredited)

    • Clapper Loader

      D. Brown  (uncredited)

    • Clapper Loader

      Brian West  (uncredited)

    • Stills Photography

      Ronnie Pilgrim  (uncredited)

    • Publicity Photography

      Bob Hawkins  (uncredited)

    • Special Effects

      George Blackwell

    • Editor

      Richard Best

    • Assembly Cutter

      Joan Warwick  (uncredited)

    • Assistant Editor

      Philip Barnikel  (uncredited)

    • 2nd Assistant Editor

      Henrietta Gordon  (uncredited)

    • 2nd Assistant Editor

      Bill Prowse  (uncredited)

    • Art Director

      Robert Jones

    • Assistant Art Director

      Peter Glazier  (uncredited)

    • Draughtsman

      Wallis Smith  (uncredited)

    • Draughtsman

      George Richardson  (uncredited)

    • Make-up

      Stuart Freeborn

    • Hairdresser

      Fox, Hilda Winifred

    • Music Score by

      Leighton Lucas

    • March 'The Dambusters' by

      Eric Coates

    • [Music Score] Performed by

      The Associated British Studio Orchestra

    • Musical Director

      Louis Levy

    • Recording Director

      King, H.V.

    • Sound Recordist

      Hammond, Leslie

    • Boom Operator

      Eric Bayman  (uncredited)

    • Boom Assistant

      Hugh Strain  (uncredited)

    • Sound Camera Operator

      Whiting, J.  (uncredited)

    • Sound Maintenance

      Conley, S.  (uncredited)

    • Dubbing Crew

      Len Shilton  (uncredited)

    • Dubbing Crew

      Brown, C.  (uncredited)

    • Dubbing Crew

      H. Blackmore  (uncredited)

    • Dubbing Crew

      M. Bradbury  (uncredited)

    • Sound System

      RCA Sound System  (uncredited)

    • Dubbing Editor

      Arthur Southgate

    • Assistant Dubbing Editor

      Jean Newsome  (uncredited)

    • Technical Adviser

      Whitworth Dso Dfc, Group Captain J.N.H.

    • Publicity

      George Mason  (uncredited)

    • Publicity

      Alan Thomson  (uncredited)

    • Unit Car Driver

      Eddie Frewin  (uncredited)

    • Made at

      Associated British Elstree Studios