The Dam Busters - crew, film crew

The entire team, the film crew of the film "The Dam Busters"
The Dam Busters (1955)
Timing: 2:4 (124 min)
The Dam Busters - TMDB rating
6.908/10
154
The Dam Busters - Kinopoisk rating
6.796/10
347
The Dam Busters - IMDB rating
7.4/10
12000

Film crew

Director

Editor

Richard Best
Editor

Art Direction

Robert Jones
Art Direction

Makeup Artist

Stuart Freeborn
Makeup Artist

Production Supervisor

W.A. Whittaker
Production Supervisor

Director of Photography

Photo Erwin Hillier #260213
Erwin Hillier
Director of Photography

Camera Operator

Norman Warwick
Camera Operator

Hairstylist

Hilda Fox
Hairstylist

Production Manager

Gordon Scott
Production Manager

Screenplay

R.C. Sherriff
Screenplay

Assistant Editor

Philip Barnikel
Assistant Editor

Special Effects

Gilbert Taylor
Special Effects
George Blackwell
Special Effects

Assistant Director

John Street
Assistant Director

Music

Leighton Lucas
Music

Additional Music

Eric Coates
Additional Music

Casting Director

Robert Lennard
Casting Director
G. B. Walker
Casting Director

ADR & Dubbing

Arthur Southgate
ADR & Dubbing

Sound Recordist

Les Hammond
Sound Recordist

Executive In Charge Of Production

Robert Clark
Executive In Charge Of Production

Aerial Camera

Photo Erwin Hillier #260213
Erwin Hillier
Aerial Camera

Continuity

Thelma Orr
Continuity

Music Director

Louis Levy

Louis Levy
Music Director

Author

Paul Brickhill
Author
Guy Gibson
Author

Recording Supervision

Harold V. King
Recording Supervision

Technical Advisor

J. N. H. Whitworth
Technical Advisor

What's left behind the scenes

  • The screenplay was based on Paul Brickhill’s book *The Dam Busters* (published in Russia as *Flood Germany!*) and the memoirs of Guy Gibson, *Enemy Coast Ahead*.
  • Richard Todd, who played the main role, participated in the airborne assault during the Normandy landings in 1944.
  • The musical theme composed by Eric Coates, ("The Dam Busters March”), was used in George Lucas’s film *Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope*. The film also contains numerous references to *The Dam Busters*, and the scene of the attack on the Death Star almost exactly replicates the film’s climactic moment.
  • In 2007, the film was restored, and all references to the dog’s politically incorrect nickname were removed. Paul Brickhill’s book was originally also titled *Nigger!*.
  • This film appears in Alan Parker's musical film "The Wall" (1982) during the song One of My Turns, when the main character Pink trashes a hotel room.
  • The screenplay was based on Paul Brickhill's book "The Dam Busters" (published in Russia under the title "Flood Germany!") and Guy Gibson's memoirs "Enemy Coast Ahead".
  • The musical theme composed by Eric Coates, ("The Dam Busters March") was used in George Lucas's film "Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope." It also contains numerous references to "The Dam Busters," and the scene of the attack on the Death Star almost exactly repeats the film's climax.
  • In 2007, the film was restored, with all references to the dog's offensive name removed. Paul Brickhill's book was also originally titled “Nigger!”
  • This film appears on television in Alan Parker's musical film “The Wall” (1982) during the song One of My Turns, when the main character Pink goes on a rampage in a hotel room.
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