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 | |
Cinematography | Edward Cronjager |
Edited by | William Morgan |
Music by | Bernhard Kaun |
Release date |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $223,000 [1] |
Box office | $604,000 [1] |
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]
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.
The film was popular and (after cinema circuits deducted their exhibition percentage of box office ticket sales) made a profit of $113,000. [1]
Spitfire | |
---|---|
Directed by | John Cromwell |
Screenplay by | Lula Vollmer Jane Murfin |
Based on | Trigger 1927 play by Lula Vollmer |
Produced by | Pandro S. Berman |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Edward Cronjager |
Edited by | William Morgan |
Music by | Bernhard Kaun |
Release date |
|
Running time | 87 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $223,000 [1] |
Box office | $604,000 [1] |
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]
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.
The film was popular and (after cinema circuits deducted their exhibition percentage of box office ticket sales) made a profit of $113,000. [1]