The First of the Few
- Released on
War, Drama
•- Runtime
- 118 mins
(38 votes)
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.
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.
Cast
- Leslie Howard
- David Niven
- Rosamund John
- Roland Culver
- Anne Firth
- David Horne
- J.H. Roberts
- Derrick De Marney
- Rosalyn Boulter
- Herbert Cameron
- Toni Edgar-Bruce
- Gordon McLeod
- George Skillan
- Erik Freund
- Fritz Wendhausen
- John Chandos
- Victor Beaumont
- Suzanne Clair
- Filippo Del Giudice
- Brefni O'Rorke
- Gerry Wilmot
- Jack Peach
Director
- Leslie Howard
Producers
- Leslie Howard
Screenwriter
- Miles Malleson
- Anatole de Grunwald
