Something of a cult item among British war movies (and brilliantly spoofed a few years back by a lager ad), The Dam Busters turns a minor World War II incident into a saga of heroic stiff-upper-lippery in the classic British style. A bombing raid is ...
The story is about Phileas Fogg (David Niven), a mysteriously wealthy Englishman of compulsively punctual habits who wages a staggering sum that he can complete a journey around the world in 80 days -- quite a feat for 1872. With his somewhat seedy g...