The First of the Few

The First of the Few
1942WarDrama118 mins
★★★★★

Plot

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 stre... read more

  • Leslie Howard

    Director

  • Anatole de Grunwald

    Screenplay

  • Henry C. James

    Original Story

  • Katherine Strueby

    Original Story

  • Miles Malleson

    Screenplay

  • Georges Périnal

    Director of Photography

  • Douglas Myers

    Editor

  • Leslie Howard

    R.J. Mitchell

  • David Niven

    Geoffrey Crisp

  • Rosamund John

    Diana Mitchell

  • Roland Culver

    Commander Bride

  • Anne Firth

    Miss Harper

  • David Horne

    Mr. Higgins

  • J.H. Roberts

    Sir Robert McLean

  • Derrick De Marney

    Squadron Leader Jefferson

  • Rosalyn Boulter

    Mabel Lovesay

  • Herbert Cameron

    MacPherson

  • Toni Edgar-Bruce

    Lady Houston

  • Gordon McLeod

    Major Buchan

  • George Skillan

    Mr. Royce

  • Erik Freund

    Messerschmitt

  • Fritz Wendhausen

    Von Straben

  • John Chandos

    Krantz

  • Victor Beaumont

    Von Crantz

  • Suzanne Clair

    Madeleine

  • Filippo Del Giudice

    Bertorelli

  • Brefni O'Rorke

    The Specialist

  • Gerry Wilmot

    Radio Announcer

  • Jack Peach

    Radio Announcer

    • Runtime

    118 minutes

    Released

    1942-09-14

    Languages

    English

    Italiano

    Deutsch

    Countries

    United Kingdom

    Studios

    British Aviation Pictures

    Sound

  • Muir Mathieson

    Original Music Composer

  • William Walton

    Original Music Composer

    • Updated

    39 days ago

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