The Dam Busters (1955)
ThumbScore
👍 81%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 100%
(RT: 100%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Richard Todd as Wing Commander Guy Gibson, V.C., D.S.O., D.F.C.
Ursula Jeans as Mrs. Wallis
Basil Sydney as Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris G.C.B., O.B.E., A.F.C.
Patrick Barr as Captain Joseph (Mutt) Summers, C.B.E.
Ernest Clark as Air Vice-Marshal The Hon. Ralph Cochrane G.B.E., K.C.B., A.F.C.
Derek Farr as Group Captain J. N. H. Whitworth, D.S.O., D.F.C.
Charles Carson as Doctor
Is The Dam Busters good?
Most people think so. 81% audience score, estimated from 166 TMDB ratings. Critics gave it 100%.
Overview
The story of the conception of a new British weapon for smashing the German dams in the Ruhr industrial complex and the execution of the raid by 617 Squadron 'The Dam Busters'. Wikipedia ↗
