The Dam Busters (film)
1955 film directed by Michael Anderson / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Dam Busters is a 1955 British epic war film starring Richard Todd and Michael Redgrave. It was directed by Michael Anderson. The film recreates the true story of Operation Chastise when in 1943 the RAF's 617 Squadron attacked the Möhne, Eder, and Sorpe dams in Nazi Germany with Barnes Wallis's bouncing bomb.
The Dam Busters | |
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Directed by | Michael Anderson |
Screenplay by | R. C. Sherriff |
Based on | The Dam Busters by Paul Brickhill Enemy Coast Ahead by Guy Gibson |
Produced by | Robert Clark W. A. Whittaker |
Starring | Richard Todd Michael Redgrave |
Cinematography | Erwin Hillier Gilbert Taylor (Special Effects Photography) |
Edited by | Richard Best |
Music by | Eric Coates Leighton Lucas |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Associated British Pathé |
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Running time | 124 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Box office | £419,528 (UK)[1] |
The film was based on the books The Dam Busters (1951) by Paul Brickhill and Enemy Coast Ahead (1946) by Guy Gibson.
The film was widely praised and became the most popular motion picture at British cinemas in 1955.[2] In 1999, the British Film Institute voted The Dam Busters the 68th greatest British film of the 20th century.[3] Its depiction of the raid, along with a similar sequence in the film 633 Squadron, provided the inspiration for the Death Star trench run in Star Wars.
A remake has been in development since 2008, but has yet to be produced as of 2024[update].