Director(s)
Michael Anderson
Production Year
1955
Genre(s)
War, Action, Drama
Approx. running minutes
120m
Cast
Richard Todd, Michael Redgrave, Basil Sydney, Ursula Jeans, Derek Farr, Ernest Clark
Film
The Dam Busters
racist terms, mild bad language
THE DAM BUSTERS is a classic war film, made in 1955, about the development of the bouncing bomb during the Second World War.
THE DAM BUSTERS is a classic war film, made in 1955, about the development of the bouncing bomb during the Second World War.
- additional issues
- There is undetailed war violence, including gunfire, explosions and planes crashing. A dog is hit by a car, but there is no visual detail. There are also several scenes in which characters smoke cigarettes.
Director(s)
Michael Anderson
Production Year
1955
Genre(s)
War, Action, Drama
Approx. running minutes
120m
Cast
Richard Todd, Michael Redgrave, Basil Sydney, Ursula Jeans, Derek Farr, Ernest Clark
racist terms, mild bad language
Classified Date:
22/03/2018
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Studio Canal
- additional issues
- There is undetailed war violence, including gunfire, explosions and planes crashing. A dog is hit by a car, but there is no visual detail. There are also several scenes in which characters smoke cigarettes.
Contains mild language and war violence
Classified Date:
25/06/2007
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Optimum Releasing
Classified Date:
16/02/1955
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Assoc. British Pathe Ltd
racist terms, mild bad language
Classified Date:
28/03/2018
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Studio Canal
- additional issues
- There is undetailed war violence, including gunfire, explosions and planes crashing. A dog is hit by a car, but there is no visual detail. There are also several scenes in which characters smoke cigarettes.
Contains mild language and war violence
Classified Date:
18/09/2006
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Optimum Releasing
- additional issues
- In one scene, a character owns a dog called 'N****r' and the name of the dog is heard a number of times in the film. The term is not used here in a derogatory fashion and it is not specifically intended as racist.
Classified Date:
30/09/1988
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
Classified Date:
13/03/2018
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Studio Canal
Paperwork Remarks:
60s trailer
Classified Date:
30/03/1993
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
Classified date
28/03/2018
BBFC reference
CVF008554
Language
English