First in Line (1944)
A screen adaptation of the well-known novel by Roger Frison-Roche about the harsh lives of mountain guides and their families in the French Alps, near Chamonix and the French/Swiss/Italian borders... Like his father, Zian Servettaz is a dedicated mountain man. His Italian-born wife Bianca does not adjust well to his mountain village in France, and to the ever life-threatening dangers presented by his mountain guiding and climbing. She briefly returns to Italy and to her family. However, after Zian's insistence and trip to Italy, she returns to mountain life in the French Alps. Once back there, events will unfold, changing their lives as well as those of other mountain people forever.
- Released
- 1944-02-23
- Genres
- Family, Adventure, Drama, Action
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Louis Daquin, Jacqueline Jacoupy, Paul Leclercq
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 from 7 votes
Cast
- Irène Corday as Aline Lourtier
- André Le Gall as Pierre Servettaz
- Marcel Delaître as Ravanat dit « Le Rouge »
- Jean Davy as Hubert de Vallon
- Maurice Baquet as Boule
- Yves Furet as Georges à la Clarisse
- Geymond Vital as Maxime Vouillaz
- Mona Dol as Marie Servettaz
- Lucien Blondeau as Jean Servettaz
- Andrée Clément as Suzanne Servettaz
- Tosca De Lac as L'acrobate
- Louis Seigner as Le docteur