Underplayed Gems

The Spoilers (1942)

The Spoilers poster
Directed by
Ray Enright
Genre
drama film, comedy film, Western film, action film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 27m
Rated
PG
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 66 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

In 1900s Alaska, a prospector fights a corrupt judge and his henchman over a gold claim. He also gets involved with a saloon entertainer and a tough lawman.

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What happens

The Spoilers is a 1942 American Western film directed by Ray Enright and starring Marlene Dietrich, Randolph Scott and John Wayne. The Spoilers was adapted to screen by Lawrence Hazard from the 1906 Rex Beach novel of the same name. Film versions also appeared in 1914, in 1923 (with Noah Beery Sr. as McNamara and Anna Q. Nilsson as Malotte), in 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 different films), and in 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. At the time, Scott was under contract to Universal, whereas Wayne was borrowed from Republic. Therefore, Scott was billed above Wayne in both movies, even though Wayne's role was larger and more important in each. Dietrich and Wayne had also made the earlier film Seven Sinners together in 1940. Bestselling poet Robert W. Service (not credited) plays The Poet, a fictionalized version of himself. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Art Direction (John B. Goodman, Jack Otterson, Russell A. Gausman and Edward Ray Robinson). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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