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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==
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==
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==
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