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Spitfire
Spitfire
	movie poster
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;
Running time	87 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$223,000
Box office	$604,000

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]

Plot edit

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 edit

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 edit

The film was popular and (after cinema circuits deducted their exhibition percentage of box office ticket sales) made a profit of $113,000.^[1]

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c Richard Jewel, 'RKO Film Grosses: 1931-1951', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 14 No 1, 1994 p56
^ Variety film review; March 13, 1934, page 16.
^ Harrison's Reports film review; March 10, 1934, page 39.