Spitfire

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.

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 Etta Dawson

Virginia Howell

as Granny Raines

Sidney Toler

as Jim Sawyer

Will Geer

as West Fry

John Beck

as Jake Hawkins

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