The First of the Few

The First of the Few

The First of the Few

Genres
War Drama

Release Date: Sep 14, 1942

Runtime: 118 minutes

Rating: 6.7/10

Status: Released

Production Companies
  • British Aviation Pictures

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.

"The thrilling human story behind the plane that licked the Luftwaffe!"

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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

Crew

Leslie Howard, Henry C. James, Katherine Strueby, Miles Malleson, Anatole de Grunwald ,

Paul Sheriff, W. Percy Day, Adrian Brunel, Sidney Cole, Douglas Myers, Jack Hildyard, Phil C. Samuel, Harry Miller, Leslie Howard, Georges Périnal, John Dennis, George Pollock, William Walton, Muir Mathieson