The First of the Few (1942) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Leslie Howard.

Cast

• Leslie Howard as R.J. Mitchell
• David Niven as Geoffrey Crisp
• Rosamund John as Diana Mitchell
• Roland Culver as Commander Bride
• Anne Firth as Miss Harper
• David Horne as Mr. Higgins
• J.H. Roberts as Sir Robert McLean
• Derrick De Marney as Squadron Leader Jefferson
• Rosalyn Boulter as Mabel Lovesay
• Herbert Cameron as MacPherson
• Toni Edgar-Bruce as Lady Houston
• Gordon McLeod as Major Buchan
• George Skillan as Mr. Royce
• Erik Freund as Messerschmitt
• Fritz Wendhausen as Von Straben
• John Chandos as Krantz
• Victor Beaumont as Von Crantz
• Suzanne Clair as Madeleine
• Filippo Del Giudice as Bertorelli
• Brefni O'Rorke as The Specialist
• Gerry Wilmot as Radio Announcer
• Jack Peach as Radio Announcer

Crew

• Anatole de Grunwald — Screenplay
• Leslie Howard — Director
• Miles Malleson — Screenplay
• Leslie Howard — Producer
• Georges Périnal — Director of Photography
• Muir Mathieson — Original Music Composer
• William Walton — Original Music Composer

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