Aired Thursday August 4, 11:50pm - 2:15amon Great Movies Classic

The First of the Few (1942)

Biography

Absorbing film biography of R J Mitchell, the designer of the Spitfire, the aircraft that enabled the Royal Air Force to defeat the might of Germany's Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain.

Country
United Kingdom
Cast and crew
  • Leslie HowardDirector
  • Leslie HowardR.J. Mitchell
  • David NivenGeoffrey Crisp
  • Rosamund JohnDiana Mitchell
  • Roland CulverCommander Bride
  • Anne FirthMiss Harper
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