Spitfire (The First of the Few) 1942

Spitfire

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Several years after successfully designing a revolutionary high-speed monoplane, famed British aviator R.J. Mitchell (Leslie Howard) travels to early Nazi Germany for a vacation with his friend Geoffrey Crisp (David Niven), a test pilot. There, while watching a group of German gliders, Mitchell realizes that German air technology is rapidly advancing, and that the fate of Britain could hang in the balance. Despite serious illness, Mitchell sets out to develop a new warplane for Britain.
  • Genre:
    biography
  • Original Language:
    English
  • Director:
    Leslie Howard
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  • Production Co:
    British Aviation Pictures

Cast

David Niven
as Geoffrey Crisp
Leslie Howard
as Reginald J. Mitchell
Rosamund John
as Diana Mitchell
Roland Culver
as Commander Bride
Anne Firth
as Miss Harper
David Horne
as Mr. Higgins
Rosalyn Boulter
as Mabel Livesey
Tonie Edgar Bruce
as Lady Houston
George Skillan
as Mr. Royce
Herbert Cameron
as MacPherson
Gordon McLeod
as Maj. Buchan
Erik Freund
as Willi Messerschmidt
Filippo del Guidice
as Betiorelli
Robert Beatty
Adrian Brunel
Derrick De Marney
as S.L. Jefferson
George King
Miles Malleson
Patricia Medina
Bernard Miles
John Stafford
Gerry Wilmot
as Announcer
Frederick Wendhausen
John H. Roberts
as Sir Robert MacLean
John Chandos
as Kranz
Victor Beaumont
as Von Crantz
Brefni O'Rourke
as Specialist
Bunny Currant
as Himself
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  • A finely tasteful, faithful biography of one of Britain's newest and least-known heroes-the late, great aircraft designer Reginald Joseph Mitchell.

    February 22, 2018 | Full Review…

    James Agee

    TIME Magazine
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  • This film is brilliantly conceived, superbly produced and directed, and has some of the finest lighting and photography yet seen in British films.

    January 31, 2018 | Full Review…

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