The Spoilers (1942 film)

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name = The Spoilers


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director = Ray Enright
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writer = Rex Beach (novel /play)
Lawrence Hazard
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starring = Marlene Dietrich
Randolph Scott
John Wayne
Margaret Lindsay
Harry Carey
Richard Barthelmess
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released = 1942
runtime = 87 min.
country = U.S.A.
language = English
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imdb_id = 0035369

"The Spoilers" is a 1942 film directed by Ray Enright. It is set in Nome, Alaska during the 1898 Gold Rush, with Marlene Dietrich as Cherry Malotte, Randolph Scott as Alexander McNamara, and John Wayne as Roy Glennister. The film culminates in a spectacular saloon fistfight between McNamara and Glennister.

"The Spoilers" was adapted to screen by Lawrence Hazard from the 1906 Rex Beach novel. Film versions also appeared in 1914, 1923 (with Noah Beery, Sr. as McNamara and Anna Q. Nilsson as Malotte), 1930 (with Gary Cooper as Glennister and Betty Compson as Malotte; this is the only time that Gary Cooper and John Wayne played the same role in two different films), and 1955 (with Anne Baxter as Malotte, Jeff Chandler as Glennister, and Rory Calhoun as McNamara). Marlene Dietrich, Randolph Scott, and John Wayne also appeared together that same year in a movie called "Pittsburgh". Remarkably, Scott was billed above Wayne in both movies, even though Wayne's role was larger and more important in each.

Cast

* Marlene Dietrich as Cherry Malotte
* Randolph Scott as Alexander McNamara
* John Wayne as Roy Glennister
* Margaret Lindsay as Helen Chester
* Harry Carey as Al Dextry
* Richard Barthelmess as Bronco Kid Farrow
* George Cleveland as Banty
* Samuel S. Hinds as Judge Horace Stillman
* Russell Simpson as Flapjack Sims
* William Farnum as Wheaton
* Marietta Canty as Idabelle
* Jack Norton as Mr. Skinner
* Ray Bennett as Clark
* Forrest Taylor as Bennett
* Art Miles as Deputy
* Robert W. Service as the Poet (uncredited)

ee also

* John Wayne filmography (1941-1960)

External links

*imdb title|id=0035369|title=The Spoilers