
First in Line
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.
Director Louis Daquin
Cast

Jean Davy
Hubert de Vallon

Yves Furet
Georges à la Clarisse

Roger Blin
Paul Moury

Guy Decomble
Warfield

Jacques Dufilho
Fernand Lourtier

Pierre Collet
Un guide (uncredited)

Marcel Delaître
Ravanat dit « Le Rouge »

Geymond Vital
Maxime Vouillaz

Fernand René
Napoléon

Louis Seigner
Le docteur

André Le Gall
Pierre Servettaz

Mona Dol
Marie Servettaz

Albert Duvaleix
L'oncle Dechosalet

Alain Nobis
Le réceptionniste de l'hôtel Alcazar (uncredited)

Jean-Marc Thibault
Un pensionnaire des Servettaz (uncredited)

François Viguier
Un villageois (uncredited)

Irène Corday
Aline Lourtier

Andrée Clément
Suzanne Servettaz

Richard Francœur
M. Faroule, un dineur (uncredited)

Maurice Baquet
Boule

Jérôme Goulven
Un guide