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Released
1996 · FILM

The Spitfire Grill

“To a town with no future, comes a girl with a past.”

Directed by
Lee David Zlotoff
Written by
Lee David Zlotoff
Runtime
117 min
Drama

Synopsis

After being released from prison, Percy travels to the small town of Gillead in search of a fresh start. She is welcomed by Hannah, who offers her a place to stay and work at her establishment, the Spitfire Grill. Percy's presence brings change to the town, generating both resentment and fear in some residents, while encouraging growth in others.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 17

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Margaret GoodspeedShot by Robert DraperScored by James HornerDesigned by Howard Cummings

Box Office

1996 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 2.1× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$12.6M

Budget$6.0M
Worldwide gross$12.6M
break-even (2.5×)

Peak 17 theaters

Also known as

  • Die Geschichte vom Spitfire Grillde
  • La historia del Spitfire Grilles
  • La Seconde Chancefr

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