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The First of the Few, Blu-ray BluRay

The First of the Few Blu-ray

Starring Leslie Howard, David Niven, Rosamund John, Roland Culver, David Horne, Rosalyn Boulter, Tonie Edgar Bruce, Derrick De Marney, Anne Firth, Erik Freund, Filippo Del Giudice, Gordon McLeod, Brefni O'Rorke

Directed by Leslie Howard

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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.

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