First on the Rope (French: Premier de cordée) is a 1944 French drama film directed by Louis Daquin and starring Irène Corday, André Le Gall and Lucien Blondeau.

It was a faithful adaptation of the novel, which began shooting in June 1943 during the German Occupation of France.

Despite being directed by Daquin, a French Communist, it was considered to demonstrate a Pétainist ideology possibly even containing elements of Nazism.

However, after nearly losing his life during a climb he develops vertigo and abandons his position to take over as a hotel manager.

Two years later when his father is persuaded by a Norwegian tourist to take him on a trip into the mountains, his son is forced to come to their rescue when they run into a trouble during a storm.