Type
Film
Year
1954
Character
Flight Sgt. G.E. Powell
Gallery
Summary
The British are desperate to shorten the length of WW2 and propose a daring raid to smash Germany's industrial heart. At first the objective looks impossible until a British scientist invents an ingenious weapon capable of destroying the planned target.
Dramatization of an actual operation in World War II in which low level Bombers from England drop skimming bombs into reservoirs in the Ruhr water system to cause floods destroying much of Germany's industrial base.
Credits
- Actor Character
- Michael Redgrave Dr. Barnes N. Wallis, CBE, FRS
- Ursula Jeans Mrs. Wallis
- Charles Carson Doctor
- Stanley Van Beers Sir David Pye, CB, FRS
- Colin Tapley Dr. W.H. Glanville, CB, CBE
- Frederick Leister Committee Member Eric Messiter Committee Member
- Laidman Browne Committee Member
- Raymond Huntley Official, National Physical Laboratory
- Hugh Manning Official, Ministry of Aircraft Production
- Patrick Barr Capt. Joseph (Mutt) Summers, CBE
- Edwin Styles Observer at trials
- Hugh Moxey Observer at trials
- Anthony Shaw RAF Officer at trials
- Basil Sydney Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris, GCB, OBE, AFC
- Ernest Clark Air Vice-Marshal The Hon. Ralph Cochrane, GBE, KCB, AFC
- Derek Farr Group Capt. J.N.H. Whitworth, DSO, DFC
- Laurence Naismith Farmer
- Harold Siddons Group Signals Officer
- Frank Phillips BBC Announcer
- Richard Todd Wing Cmdr. Guy Gibson, VC, DSO, DFC
- Brewster Mason Flight Lt. R.D. Trevor-Roper, DFC, DFM
- Anthony Doonan Flight Lt. R.E.G. Hutchison, DFC
- Nigel Stock Flying Officer F.M. Spafford, DFC, DFM
- Brian Nissen Flight Lt. A.T. Taerum, DFC
- Robert Shaw Flight Sgt. J. Pulford, DFM
- Peter Assinder PLT/OFF G.A. Deering, DFC
- Richard Leech Squadron Leader H.M. Young, DFC
- Richard Thorp Squadron Leader H.E. Maudslay, DFC
- John Fraser Flight Lt. J.V. Hopgood, DFC
- David Morrell Flight Lt. W. Astell, DFC
- Bill Kerr Flight Lt. H.B. Martin, DSO, DFC, AFC
- George Baker Flight Lt. D.J.H. Maltby, DSO, DFC
- Ronald Wilson Flight Lt. D.J. Shannon, DSO, DFC
- Denys Graham Flying Officer L.G. Knight, DSO
- Basil Appleby Flight Lt. R.C. Hay, DFC
- Tim Turner Flight Lt. J.F. Leggo, DFC
- Ewen Solon Flight Sgt. G.E. Powell
- Harold Goodwin Wing Cmdr. Gibson's Batman
- Peter Diamond Tail Gunner
- Arthur Howard RAF Pay Clerk In NAAFI
- Patrick McGoohan Guard on Door
- Nina Parry Barnes Wallace's daughter
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| Directed by | ||
| Michael Anderson | ||
| Writing credits (in alphabetical order) | ||
| Paul Brickhill | book | |
| Wing Commander Guy Gibson | book Enemy Coast Ahead | |
| R.C. Sherriff | ||
| Original Music by | ||
| Eric Coates | ("Dambusters march") | |
| Leighton Lucas | ||
| Cinematography by | ||
| Erwin Hillier (director of photography) | ||
| Film Editing by | ||
| Richard Best | ||
| Casting by | ||
| Robert Lennard | ||
| G.B. Walker | ||
| Art Direction by | ||
| Robert Jones | ||
| Makeup Department | ||
| Hilda Fox | hair stylist (as Hilda Winifred Fox) | |
| Stuart Freeborn | makeup artist | |
| Production Management | ||
| Gordon Scott | production manager | |
| W.A. Whittaker | production supervisor | |
| Second Unit or Assistant Director | ||
| John Street | assistant director | |
| Sound Department | ||
| Leslie Hammond | sound recordist | |
| H.V. King | recording director | |
| Arthur Southgate | dubbing editor | |
| Special Effects by | ||
| George Blackwell | special effects | |
| Gilbert Taylor | special effects photography | |
| Visual Effects by | ||
| Ronnie Wass | optical effects (uncredited) | |
| Other crew | ||
| The Associated British Studio Orchestra | musician | |
| Robert Clarke | director in charge of production (as Robert Clark) | |
| Erwin Hillier | aerial photographer | |
| Louis Levy | musical director | |
| Thelma Orr | continuity | |
| Bob Penn | still photographer | |
| Norman Warwick | camera operator | |
| Group Captain J.N.H. Whitworth DSO DFC | technical advisor | |
| Eddie Frewin | unit driver (uncredited) |