Spitfire (1942)

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118 min - Biography | Drama | History - 14 September 1942 (UK)

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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... See full summary »

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Leslie Howard	...	R.J. Mitchell
	David Niven	...	Geoffrey Crisp
	Rosamund John	...	Diana Mitchell
	Roland Culver	...	Commander Bride
	Anne Firth	...	Miss Harper
	David Horne	...	Mr. Higgins
	J.H. Roberts	...	Sir Robert McLean
	Derrick De Marney	...	Squadron Leader Jefferson
	Rosalyn Boulter	...	Mabel Lovesay
	Herbert Cameron	...	MacPherson
	Toni Edgar-Bruce	...	Lady Houston (as Toni Edgar Bruce)
	Gordon McLeod	...	Major Buchan
	George Skillan	...	Mr. Royce
	Erik Freund	...	Messerschmitt
	Fritz Wendhausen	...	Von Straben (as F.R. Wendhausen)

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Storyline

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. Written by Jeremy Perkins <jwp@aber.ac.uk>

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Biography | Drama | History | War

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English

Release Date:

14 September 1942 (UK) See more »

Also Known As:

Een van de weinigen See more »

Filming Locations:

D&P Studios, Denham Studios, Denham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK See more »

Company Credits

Production Co:

British Aviation Pictures See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

118 min | USA: 90 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Color:

Black and White (archive footage) | Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

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Trivia

IN THE OPENING SCENES, THE RAF PILOTS WHO ARE BEING DEBRIEFED ARE FROM No. 501 SQUADRON. zzzTHE SPITFIRES ARE CARRING THE MARKINGS 'SD'? WHICH WERE CARRIED BY No 501 'MANDREL' SQUADRON. IN THE HEIGHT OF THE BATTLE THESE PILOTS WOULD HAVE BEEN FLYING THE HAWKER HURRICANE INSTEAD OF THE SPITFIRE. THE SQUADRON HAD FOUGHT IN THE BATTLE OF FRANCE BEFORE THE EVACUATION OF THE BEF AT DUNKIRK AT THE END OF MAY 1940. THE SQUADRON THEN MOVED TO RAF KENLEY FROM WHERE THEY FOUGHT THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN. See more »

Goofs

Factual errors: During test flight of the plane, a close-up of the cockpit was shown. The type of canopy in the scene is called a "Malcom Hood" and was not used on early model Spitfires. See more »

Quotes

German: Guns *always* have the last word! Any nation that has forgotten that is *finished*!
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Soundtracks

"La Marcia Reale"
(uncredited)
Music by Giuseppe Gabetti
Arranged by Roy Douglas See more »

Spitfire (1942)
The First of the Few (original title)

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