The Dam Busters (1955)

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:film
gptkbp:awards BAFTA nomination for Best British Film
Academy Award nomination for Best Special Effects
gptkbp:basedOn gptkb:Enemy_Coast_Ahead
gptkb:The_Dam_Busters_(book)
gptkbp:boxOfficeGross £1.5 million (UK)
gptkbp:budget £250,000
gptkbp:cinematography gptkb:Erwin_Hillier
gptkbp:color black-and-white
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:depicts gptkb:Operation_Chastise
gptkbp:director gptkb:Michael_Anderson
gptkbp:distributedBy gptkb:United_Artists
gptkbp:distributor gptkb:Associated_British-Pathé
gptkbp:editingBy gptkb:Alan_Osbiston
gptkbp:featuresCharacter gptkb:Barnes_Wallis
gptkb:Guy_Gibson
gptkbp:filmingLocation gptkb:RAF_Hemswell
gptkb:Derwent_Reservoir
gptkb:Lincolnshire,_England
gptkbp:genre drama
war film
gptkbp:historicalConsultant gptkb:Barnes_Wallis
gptkb:Guy_Gibson
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Dam Busters (1955)
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Star_Wars_trench_run_sequence
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:musicBy gptkb:Eric_Coates
gptkbp:narrator gptkb:John_Longden
gptkbp:notableFor depiction of bouncing bomb
influence on British war film genre
use of real Lancaster bombers
gptkbp:notableSong gptkb:The_Dam_Busters_March
gptkbp:producer gptkb:Robert_Clark
gptkbp:productionCompany gptkb:Associated_British_Picture_Corporation
gptkbp:releaseDate 16 May 1955
gptkbp:runtime 124 minutes
gptkbp:screenwriter gptkb:R.C._Sherriff
gptkbp:setDuring gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:starring gptkb:Ursula_Jeans
gptkb:Michael_Redgrave
gptkb:Richard_Todd
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Felix_Aylmer
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6