Movie: The Dam Busters (1955)
- Director: Michael Anderson
- Release Date: 16 July 1955 (USA)
- Writers: Paul Brickhill (book) Guy Gibson (book)
- Run Time: 124 min | USA:105 min
- Country: UK
- Genre: Action , Drama , History , War
Tagline: The dramatic true-life story of the men who broke the Nazis' back!
Trivia: The film premiered 12 years to the day from the original raid.
Goofs: Factual errors: The system devised to get the height right was, in the film, said to have been thought of by the 617 Sqn crews following a visit to the theater. In reality it was devised by the ‘boffins’ at Farnborough.
“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. Written by Dave Jenkins <david.jenkins@smallworld.co.uk>”
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