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1. www.imdb.com › title › tt0046889The Dam Busters (1955) - IMDb

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   The Dam Busters: Directed by Michael Anderson. With Richard Todd, Michael Redgrave, Ursula Jeans, Basil Sydney. Drama based on the attempt by the RAF to destroy six dams in Germany during World War II.

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   • Genre: Drama, History, War

   • Director: Michael Anderson
   • Release Date: 1955-07-16

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   The Dam Busters is a 1955 British epic docudrama war film starring Richard Todd and Michael Redgrave, that was directed by Michael Anderson.Adapted by R. C. Sherriff from the books The Dam Busters (1951) by Paul Brickhill and Enemy Coast Ahead (1946) by Guy Gibson, the film depicts the true story of Operation Chastise when in 1943 the RAF's 617 Squadron attacked the Möhne, Eder, and Sorpe ...

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   Sep 19, 2024 · 01 The Dam Busters is a British war film released in 1955. 02 The iconic theme music for the film, known as “The Dam Busters March,” was composed by Eric Coates. 03 The movie was directed by Michael Anderson and produced by British film production company Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC). 04 The Dam Busters was based on the ...

5. www.imdb.com › title › tt000046889The Dam Busters (1955) - Full Cast & Crew - IMDb

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   The Dam Busters (1955) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Menu. ... Second Unit Director or Assistant Director .

6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Michael_Anderson_(director)Michael Anderson (director) - Wikipedia

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   The third was the war film The Dam Busters (1955), starring Richard Todd. [11] Todd recalled when first told Anderson was to direct "I thought this was typical ABPC cheese-paring, instead of getting an expensive well-known director. Michael had made only small films before that, having previously been the best first assistant director in the ...

7. www.tcm.com › tcmdb › titleThe Dam Busters (1955) - Turner Classic Movies

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   Dec 8, 2008 · The biggest box office hit of 1955 in England and honored with three BAFTA nominations for Best British Film, Best British Screenplay and Best Film from any Source, The Dam Busters (1955) is less well known in the U.S. but is nonetheless one of the most realistic and faithful accounts of an incident in WWII that is credited with hastening Germany's defeat in the war.

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   Who directed the Dam Busters?

   • The Dam Busters is a 1955 British epic docudrama war film starring Richard Todd and Michael Redgrave, that was directed by Michael Anderson.

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   Is the Dam Busters a good film?

   • The British Film Institute placed The Dam Busters as the 68th greatest British film. In 2004, the magazine Total Film named The Dam Busters the 43rd greatest British film of all time. In a 2015 review, The Guardian stated that The Dam Busters remains very well made and entertaining.

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   Is the Dam Busters based on a true story?

   • The 1984 video game The Dam Busters was partially based on the film. Two television advertisements were made for a brand of beer, Carling Black Label, which played on the theme of The Dam Busters. Both were made before the English football team broke a 35-year losing streak against Germany.

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   Was the Dam Busters based on a Star Wars movie?

   • Inspired Star Wars sequence, despite the dog's name. It appears that the attack sequences in The Dam Busters were the direct inspiration for the attack on the Death Star in the first Star Wars film. Some of the dialogue is word-for-word, and it is very interesting to watch these two films back to back.

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   Why is the Dam Busters in the film version of the wall?

   • "The reason that The Dam Busters is in the film version of The Wall," explained the Floyd's Roger Waters, "is because I'm from that generation who grew up in postwar Britain, and all those movies were very important to us. The Dam Busters was my favourite of all of them. It's so stuffed with great characters."

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   Why was 'the Dam Busters' so popular?

   • The Dam Busters was acclaimed by critics, who widely praised its acting (especially Todd and Redgrave's), Anderson's direction, its superlative special effects photography by Gilbert Taylor and soundtrack score by Eric Coates (especially the stirring The Dam Busters March theme tune). The film was Britain's biggest box-office success of 1955.

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9. www.allmovie.com › movie › the-dam-busters-am11423The Dam Busters (1955) - Michael Anderson - AllMovie

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   The Dam Busters is a 1955 British epic docudrama war film starring Richard Todd and Michael Redgrave, that was directed by Michael Anderson. Adapted by R. C. Sherriff from the books The Dam Busters (1951) by Paul Brickhill and Enemy Coast Ahead (1946) by Guy Gibson, the film depicts the true story of Operation Chastise when in 1943 the RAF's 617 Squadron attacked the Möhne, Eder, and Sorpe ...