Spitfire

Mar 8, 1934

1h 27m

★ 5.1

Nothin' to Pay ... Nothin' to Lose ... She Loved Wherever Her Flames Caught fire!

Overview

Dirt-poor mountain girl Trigger Hicks is a loner. Her faith-healing is mistaken for witchcraft by the community. She falls for an engineer building a dam, who protects her.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

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Cast

Trigger Hicks

Katharine Hepburn

John Stafford

Robert Young

George Fleetwood

Ralph Bellamy

Eleanor Stafford

Martha Sleeper

Bill Grayson

Louis Mason

Etta Dawson

Sara Haden

Granny Raines

Virginia Howell

Jim Sawyer

Sidney Toler

West Fry

Will Geer

Jake Hawkins

John Beck

Mrs. Sawyer

Therese Wittler

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5.8

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7.9

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7.2

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

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7.5

Frankenstein

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6.9

42nd Street

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5.5

Emperor Jones

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6.1

Ladies They Talk About

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6.1

Employees' Entrance

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5.5

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6.1

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5.6

Love Affair

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6.3

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5.2

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6.7

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6.5

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5.6

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6.2

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7.1

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6.6

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