Around the World in Eighty Days (1956 ) and The Dam Busters (1955 )
Monday, May 21, 2007 at 11:12AM
Catherine Savard

around%20the%20world%20-%20marquis.jpgBritish director Michael Anderson takes us on a whirlwind world tour in the famous Hollywood travelogue "Around the World in Eighty Days" with David Niven. The splendid full colour pastiche was followed by the considerably slower paced in-depth docu-drama, "The Dam Busters" with Richard Todd as Wing Commander Guy Gibson and Michael Redgrave recreating the bumbling but brilliant Professor Barnes Wallis.

The%20Dambusters%20trio%20binoculars%2050.jpgRead the full review of "Around the World . . ."  here and the full review of "The Dam Busters" here from the archives.

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