The Spoilers (1955)

Directed by

Jesse Hibbs

Genre

Western film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 24m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A story set during the 1898 Gold Rush in Nome, Alaska. Two tough rivals clash over mining claims and romantic interests, leading to a big saloon fight.

historicalruggedadventurousboisterousmasculineold-fashionedclimacticbrawling

What happens

The Spoilers is a 1955 American Northern film directed by Jesse Hibbs and starring Anne Baxter, Jeff Chandler and Rory Calhoun. Set in Nome, Alaska during the 1898 Gold Rush, it culminates in a spectacular saloon fistfight between Glennister (Chandler) and McNamara (Calhoun). This is the fifth and to date final adaptation of Rex Beach's novel of the same name. Prior film versions appeared in 1914, in 1923 (with Noah Beery, Sr. as McNamara), in 1930 (with Gary Cooper as Glennister and Betty Compson as Malotte), and in 1942 (with John Wayne as Glennister, Betty Compson lookalike Marlene Dietrich as Malotte, and Randolph Scott as McNamara). The 1930 and 1942 versions were the only instances of Gary Cooper and John Wayne playing the same role in the same story in two different films; Jeff Chandler portrays the part in this version. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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