The First of the Few
Overview
This 1942 fictionalized biopic chronicles the true story of how two of the most remarkable men in aviation history - visionary Spitfire designer R.J. Mitchell and his test pilot Geoffrey Crisp - designed a streamlined monoplane that led to the development of the Spitfire.
Release date
Sep 14, 1942
Rating
6.7 / 10
Runtime
1 hours 58 minutes
Genres
Cast
- Leslie Howard
- David Niven
- Rosamund John
- Roland Culver
- Anne FirthNo picture available
- David Horne
- J.H. Roberts
- Derrick De Marney
- Rosalyn BoulterNo picture available
- Herbert CameronNo picture available
- Toni Edgar-Bruce
- Gordon McLeod
- George SkillanNo picture available
- Erik FreundNo picture available
- Fritz Wendhausen
- John Chandos
- Victor BeaumontNo picture available
- Suzanne ClairNo picture available
- Filippo Del GiudiceNo picture available
- Brefni O'Rorke
- Gerry WilmotNo picture available
- Jack PeachNo picture available
Crew
- Anatole de Grunwald
- Leslie Howard
- Leslie Howard
- Henry C. JamesNo picture available
- W. Percy DayNo picture available
- Adrian Brunel
- Douglas MyersNo picture available
- Katherine StruebyNo picture available
- Phil C. SamuelNo picture available
- Miles Malleson
- Sidney ColeNo picture available
- Jack Hildyard
- Harry MillerNo picture available
- Paul SheriffNo picture available
- Georges Périnal
- John DennisNo picture available
- George Pollock
- Muir MathiesonNo picture available
- William Walton
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