The Dam Busters (1955) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Michael Anderson.

Cast

• Richard Todd as Wing Commander Guy Gibson, V.C., D.S.O., D.F.C.
• Michael Redgrave as Doctor B. N. Wallis, C.B.E., F.R.S.
• Ursula Jeans as Mrs. Wallis
• Basil Sydney as Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris G.C.B., O.B.E., A.F.C.
• Patrick Barr as Captain Joseph (Mutt) Summers, C.B.E.
• Ernest Clark as Air Vice-Marshal The Hon. Ralph Cochrane G.B.E., K.C.B., A.F.C.
• Derek Farr as Group Captain J. N. H. Whitworth, D.S.O., D.F.C.
• Charles Carson as Doctor
• Stanley Van Beers as Sir David Pye, C.B., F.R.S.
• Colin Tapley as Doctor W.H. Glanville, C.B., C.B.E.
• Frederick Leister as Committee Member
• Eric Messiter as Committee Member
• Laidman Browne as Committee Member
• Raymond Huntley as Official, National Physical Laboratory
• Hugh Manning as Official, Ministry of Aircraft Production
• Edwin Styles as Observer at Trials
• Hugh Moxey as Observer at Trials
• Anthony Shaw as R.A.F. Officer at Trials
• Laurence Naismith as Farmer
• Harold Siddons as Group Signals Officer
• Frank Phillips as BBC Announcer
• Brewster Mason as Flt / Lt. R. D. Trevor-Roper, D.F.C., D.F.M.
• Tony Doonan as Flt / Lt. R. E. G. Hutchison, D.F.C.
• Nigel Stock as Flying / Off. F. M. Spafford, D.F.C., D.F.M.
• Brian Nissen as Flt / Lt. A. T. Taerum, D.F.C.
• Robert Shaw as Flt / Sgt. J. Pulford, D.F.M.
• Peter Assinder as Plt/Off. G. A. Deering, D.F.C.
• Richard Leech as Squadron Leader H. M. Young, D.F.C.
• Richard Thorp as Squadron Leader H. E. Maudslay, D.F.C.
• John Fraser as Flight Lieutenant J. V. Hopgood, D.F.C.
• David Morrell as Flight Lieutenant W. Astell, D.F.C.
• Bill Kerr as Flight Lieutenant H. B. Martin, D.S.O., D.F.C., A.F.C.
• George Baker as Flight Lieutenant D. J. H. Maltby, D.S.O., D.F.C.
• Ronald Wilson as Flight Lieutenant D. J. Shannon, D.S.O., D.F.C.
• Denys Graham as Flying Officer L. G. Knight, D.S.O.
• Basil Appleby as Flight Lieutenant R. C. Hay, D.F.C.
• Tim Turner as Flight Lieutenant J. F. Leggo, D.F.C.
• Ewen Solon as Flight Sergeant G. E. Powell
• Harold Goodwin as Wing Comdr. Gibson's Batman
• Patrick McGoohan as Guard at Door (uncredited)

Crew

• Erwin Hillier — Director of Photography
• Michael Anderson — Director
• R.C. Sherriff — Screenplay

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