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.