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The First of the Few

Release Date:June 12, 1943

Running Time:118 min

Genres:Drama, War

Director

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

Top billed cast (via TMDB).

Synopsis

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.

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