Les Briseurs de barrages (1955)
DrameActionHistoireThrillerGuerre
En 1942, alors que l'Angleterre ne cesse d'être victime des raids aériens allemands, l'ingénieur Barnes N. Wallis étudie le moyen de faire sauter les trois barrages de la Moehne sur la Ruhr. Seule une bombe explosant au fond de l'eau pourra, l'onde de choc aidant, ébranler la formidable maçonnerie. Wallis parvient à ses fins en imaginant un engin cylindrique de cinq tonnes qui, lâché à une vitesse précise et une distance bien déterminée, rebondira par ricochets sur la surface de l'eau pour couler au pied du barrage. Après plusieurs tentatives infructueuses sur des maquettes, Wallis réussit à faire adopter son projet par la R.A.F. grâce à l'intervention du général Arthur Harris. Aidé du commandant Whitworth, le lieutenant-colonel Gibson, à la tête d'un imposant groupe d'aviateurs, met au point la technique très délicate du bombardement...
Directeur:
Michael Anderson
écrivain:
R.C. Sherriff
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Richard Todd as Wing Commander Guy Gibson, V.C., D.S.O., D.F.C. |
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Michael Redgrave as Doctor B. N. Wallis, C.B.E., F.R.S. |
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Ursula Jeans as Mrs. Wallis |
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Basil Sydney as Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris G.C.B., O.B.E., A.F.C. |
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Patrick Barr as Captain Joseph (Mutt) Summers, C.B.E. |
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Ernest Clark as Air Vice-Marshal The Hon. Ralph Cochrane G.B.E., K.C.B., A.F.C. |
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Derek Farr as Group Captain J. N. H. Whitworth, D.S.O., D.F.C. |
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Charles Carson as Doctor |
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Stanley Van Beers as Sir David Pye, C.B., F.R.S. |
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Colin Tapley as Doctor W.H. Glanville, C.B., C.B.E. |
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Frederick Leister as Committee Member |
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Eric Messiter as Committee Member |
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Laidman Browne as Committee Member |
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Raymond Huntley as Official, National Physical Laboratory |
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Hugh Manning as Official, Ministry of Aircraft Production |
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Edwin Styles as Observer at Trials |
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Hugh Moxey as Observer at Trials |
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Anthony Shaw as R.A.F. Officer at Trials |
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Laurence Naismith as Farmer |
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Harold Siddons as Group Signals Officer |
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Frank Phillips as BBC Announcer |
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Brewster Mason as Flt / Lt. R. D. Trevor-Roper, D.F.C., D.F.M. |
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Tony Doonan as Flt / Lt. R. E. G. Hutchison, D.F.C. |
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Nigel Stock as Flying / Off. F. M. Spafford, D.F.C., D.F.M. |
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Brian Nissen as Flt / Lt. A. T. Taerum, D.F.C. |
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Robert Shaw as Flt / Sgt. J. Pulford, D.F.M. |
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Peter Assinder as Plt/Off. G. A. Deering, D.F.C. |
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Richard Leech as Squadron Leader H. M. Young, D.F.C. |
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Richard Thorp as Squadron Leader H. E. Maudslay, D.F.C. |
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John Fraser as Flight Lieutenant J. V. Hopgood, D.F.C. |
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David Morell as Flight Lieutenant W. Astell, D.F.C. |
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Bill Kerr as Flight Lieutenant H. B. Martin, D.S.O., D.F.C., A.F.C. |
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George Baker as Flight Lieutenant D. J. H. Maltby, D.S.O., D.F.C. |
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Ronald Wilson as Flight Lieutenant D. J. Shannon, D.S.O., D.F.C. |
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Denys Graham as Flying Officer L. G. Knight, D.S.O. |
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Basil Appleby as Flight Lieutenant R. C. Hay, D.F.C. |
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Tim Turner as Flight Lieutenant J. F. Leggo, D.F.C. |
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Ewen Solon as Flight Sergeant G. E. Powell |
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Harold Goodwin as Wing Comdr. Gibson's Batman |
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Patrick McGoohan as Guard at door (uncredited) |
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Peter Arne as Staff Officer to Air-Vice Marshal Cochrane (uncredited) |
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Edward Cast as Crew Member (uncredited) |
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Richard Coleman as RAF Officer (uncredited) |
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Peter Diamond as Tail Gunner (uncredited) |
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Gerald Harper as RAF Officer (uncredited) |
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Arthur Howard as RAF Pay Clerk in NAAFI (uncredited) |
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Lloyd Lamble as Collins (uncredited) |
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Philip Latham as Flight Sergeant (uncredited) |
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Edwin Richfield as RAF Officer (uncredited) |
| Camera | Erwin Hillier | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Paul Brickhill | Author |
| Sound | Leighton Lucas | Music |
| Writing | Guy Gibson | Author |
| Directing | Michael Anderson | Director |
| Writing | R.C. Sherriff | Screenplay |
| Camera | Norman Warwick | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Stuart Freeborn | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Robert Jones | Art Direction |
| Crew | George Blackwell | Special Effects |
| Production | W.A. Whittaker | Production Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Hilda Fox | Hairstylist |
| Production | Gordon Scott | Production Manager |
| Sound | Arthur Southgate | ADR & Dubbing |
| Production | Robert Lennard | Casting Director |
| Directing | John Street | Assistant Director |
| Production | Robert Clark | Executive In Charge Of Production |
| Camera | Erwin Hillier | Aerial Camera |
| Sound | Harold V. King | Recording Supervision |
| Production | G. B. Walker | Casting Director |
| Crew | Eric Coates | Additional Music |
| Crew | Gilbert Taylor | Special Effects |
| Directing | Thelma Orr | Continuity |
| Crew | J. N. H. Whitworth | Technical Advisor |
| Editing | Richard Best | Editor |
| Sound | Louis Levy | Music Director |
| Editing | Philip Barnikel | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Les Hammond | Sound Recordist |
