The First of the Few

Leslie Howard directs and stars in this drama which portrays the life of R.J. Mitchell (Howard), the man who designed the Spitfire. Told in flashback by Mitchell's philandering test pilot, Jeffrey Quill (David Niven), the film follows Mitchell as he attempts to persuade Whitehall to sponsor the project and struggles to overcome the technical problems on a plane which was to become one of the Allies' most valuable assets during the Second World War.

Actor: Filippo Del Giudice
Actor: Leslie Howard
Director: Leslie Howard
Producer: Leslie Howard
Writer: Miles Malleson
Actor: Rosamund John
Actor: Roland Culver
Actor: David Horne
Actor: Anne Firth
Actor: John H. Roberts
Actor: Derrick De Marney
Actor: Rosalyn Boulter
Actor: Tonie Edgar Bruce
Actor: Gordon McLeod
Actor: Erik Freund
Actor: Filippo Del Guidice
Actor: Brefni O'Rorke
Music: William Walton
Writer: Anatole de Grunwald
Producer: George King
Writer: Henry C. James
Writer: Kay Strueby
Actor: David Niven