The Dam Busters (1955) Reviews & Ratings

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The Dam Busters reviews

The Dam Busters holds a 6.9/10 average from 166 TMDB ratings.

I think sometimes it is important to remember that even 10 years after the war was over, there was still an appetite - even a neccessity - for war stories that celebrated (ok, and frequently embellished) the successes of the many ordinary folk who fought in the war. This film is one such story. Based on real events and characters it is nonetheless a drama. It does manipulate the facts a little; though the use of bou…
— CinemaSerf (7/10)

The story of the conception of a new British weapon for smashing the German dams in the Ruhr industrial complex and the execution of the raid by 617 Squadron 'The Dam Busters'.

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