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.^[2][3]

Spitfire
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Directed by	John Cromwell
Screenplay by	Lula Vollmer Jane Murfin
Based on	Trigger 1927 play by Lula Vollmer
Produced by	Pandro S. Berman
Starring	Katharine Hepburn Robert Young Ralph Bellamy Martha Sleeper
Cinematography	Edward Cronjager
Edited by	William Morgan
Music by	Bernhard Kaun
Release date	March 30, 1934 (1934-03-30)
Running time	87 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$223,000[1]
Box office	$604,000[1]

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.^[1]