| Release Date: | May 1955 |
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| Genres: | War / History / Drama / Action |
| Awards: | Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 nominations |
| Runtime: | 124 min |
| Cast: | Richard Todd (Wing Commander Guy Gibson, V.C.,...), Michael Redgrave (Doctor B. N. Wallis, C.B.E., F.R.S.), Ursula Jeans (Mrs. Wallis), Charles Carson (Doctor) Stanley Van Beers (Sir David Pye, C.B., F.R.S.) Colin Tapley (Doctor W.H. Glanville, C.B., C.B.E.) Frederick Leister (Committee Member) Eric Messiter (Committee Member) Laidman Browne (Committee Member) Raymond Huntley (Official, National Physical Laboratory) Hugh Manning (Official, Ministry of Aircraft...) Patrick Barr (Captain Joseph 'Mutt' Summers, C.B.E.) Edwin Styles (Observer at trials) Hugh Moxey (Observer at trials) Anthony Shaw (R.A.F. Officer at trials) |
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.
