Directed by:
Leslie HowardCinematography:
Georges PérinalComposer:
William WaltonCast:
Leslie Howard, David Niven, Rosamund John, Roland Culver, Anne Firth, Derrick De Marney, Bernard Miles, Fritz Wendhausen, Patricia Medina (more)Plots(1)
By the late 1920’s aircraft designer R.J. Mitchell feels he has achieved all he wants with his revolutionary mono-planes winning trophy after trophy. But a holiday in Germany shortly after Hitler assumes power convinces him that it is vital to design a completely new type of fighter plane and that sooner or later Britain’s very survival may depend on what he comes to call the Spitfire. (Bounty Films)
(more)Cast
Leslie Howard
UK
Best movies:
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Pygmalion (1938)
The Petrified Forest (1936)
David Niven
UK
Best movies:
Murder by Death (1976)
The Brain (1969)
The Dawn Patrol (1938)
Rosamund John
UK
Best movies:
First of the Few (1942)
Green for Danger (1947)
Roland Culver
UK
Best movies:
To Each His Own (1946)
Thunderball (1965)
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
Anne Firth
UK
Best movies:
Scott of the Antarctic (1948)
First of the Few (1942)
Derrick De Marney
UK
Best movies:
Young and Innocent (1937)
First of the Few (1942)
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)
Bernard Miles
UK
Best movies:
Great Expectations (1946)
The Smallest Show on Earth (1957)
The Citadel (1938)
Fritz Wendhausen
Best movies:
Comradeship (1931)
First of the Few (1942)
Odette (1950)
Patricia Medina
UK
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Mr. Arkadin (1955)
First of the Few (1942)
Joseph Goebbels (a.f.)
German Empire
Best movies:
Zelig (1983) - a.f.
Sunshine (1999) - a.f.
Taking Sides (2001) - a.f.
Hermann Göring (a.f.)
German Empire
Best movies:
Zelig (1983) - a.f.
Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever? (1959) - a.f.
First of the Few (1942) - a.f.
Adolf Hitler (a.f.)
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Dangerous: The Short Films (1993) (video compilation) - a.f.
The King's Speech (2010) - a.f.
Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001) (TV movie) - a.f.
Miles Malleson
UK
Best movies:
The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)
The Man Who Never Was (1956)
The 39 Steps (1935)
Victor Beaumont
German Empire
Best movies:
The Password is Courage (1962)
Where Eagles Dare (1968)
A Shot in the Dark (1964)
Peter Gawthorne
Ireland
Best movies:
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
First of the Few (1942)
Cyril Raymond
UK
Best movies:
Brief Encounter (1945)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
First of the Few (1942)
David Horne
UK
Best movies:
Goodbye Again (1961)
Lust for Life (1956)
The Devil's Disciple (1959)
Brefni O'Rorke
Ireland
Best movies:
It Happened One Sunday (1944)
First of the Few (1942)
They Met in the Dark (1943)
John Chandos
UK
Best movies:
The Million Pound Note (1954)
First of the Few (1942)
49th Parallel (1941)