Spitfire (1934 film)

Spitfire is a 1934 American pre-Code drama film based on the play Trigger by Lula Vollmer. It was directed by John Cromwell and starred Katharine Hepburn, Robert Young and Ralph Bellamy.

Plot

Two engineers building a dam in the mountains, John Stafford and George Fleetwood, are attracted to local hillbilly "spitfire" Trigger Hicks who is the local faith healer. Things come to a head when the locals think that she is a witch.

Cast

• Katharine Hepburn as Trigger Hicks
• Robert Young as John Stafford
• Ralph Bellamy as George Fleetwood
• Martha Sleeper as Eleanor Stafford
• Louis Mason as Bill Grayson
• Sara Haden (as Sarah Haden) as Etta Dawson
• Virginia Howell as Granny Raines
• Sidney Toler as Jim Sawyer
• Will Geer (as High Ghere) as West Fry
• John Beck as Jake Hawkins
• Therese Wittler as Mrs. Jim Sawyer

Reception

The film was popular and (after cinema circuits deducted their exhibition percentage of box office ticket sales) made a profit of $113,000.

References

External links

• Spitfire at IMDb
• Spitfire at the TCM Movie Database
• Spitfire at AllMovie
• Spitfire at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

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