WAR film of the month
SPITFIRE
Written by Miles Malleson · Anatole de Grunwald · Katherine Strueby · Henry C. James. Music by: William Walton. Produced & Directed by Leslie Howard
Biopic of aircraft designer R.J. Mitchell whose Spitfire became one of the mainstays of the RAF in World War II. Starring Leslie Howard & David Niven.
Leslie Howard’s portrayal of Mitchell has a special significance since Howard was killed when the Lisbon-to-London civilian airliner in which he was travelling was shot down by the Luftwaffe on 1 June 1943. His death occurred only days before The First of the Few was released in the United States on 12 June 1943, under the alternate title of Spitfire.
