The Dam Busters (1955)
Country: GB
Technical: bw 125m
Director: Michael Anderson
Cast: Michael Redgrave, Richard Todd, Basil Sydney
Synopsis:
The true story of the extraordinary teaming of scientist Barnes Wallis and Lancaster bomber commander Guy Gibson, who together brought off the WW2 bouncing bomb raid against German dams in the Ruhr.
Review:
Archetypal 50s war film, long a family favourite for its human angle, hummable march and rousing finale. The special effects may not pass muster any more, but were a considerable achievement for the national film industry of the day. In later years the film acquired controversial status owing to the unutterable name of Gibson's black labrador, and was cleverly appropriated by a Carling Black Label beer commercial.
Country: GB
Technical: bw 125m
Director: Michael Anderson
Cast: Michael Redgrave, Richard Todd, Basil Sydney
Synopsis:
The true story of the extraordinary teaming of scientist Barnes Wallis and Lancaster bomber commander Guy Gibson, who together brought off the WW2 bouncing bomb raid against German dams in the Ruhr.
Review:
Archetypal 50s war film, long a family favourite for its human angle, hummable march and rousing finale. The special effects may not pass muster any more, but were a considerable achievement for the national film industry of the day. In later years the film acquired controversial status owing to the unutterable name of Gibson's black labrador, and was cleverly appropriated by a Carling Black Label beer commercial.
Country: GB
Technical: bw 125m
Director: Michael Anderson
Cast: Michael Redgrave, Richard Todd, Basil Sydney
Synopsis:
The true story of the extraordinary teaming of scientist Barnes Wallis and Lancaster bomber commander Guy Gibson, who together brought off the WW2 bouncing bomb raid against German dams in the Ruhr.
Review:
Archetypal 50s war film, long a family favourite for its human angle, hummable march and rousing finale. The special effects may not pass muster any more, but were a considerable achievement for the national film industry of the day. In later years the film acquired controversial status owing to the unutterable name of Gibson's black labrador, and was cleverly appropriated by a Carling Black Label beer commercial.