The Spoilers (1930 film)
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| The Spoilers | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Edward Carewe |
| Written by | Rex Beach Bartlett Cormack |
| Starring | Betty Compson Gary Cooper Kay Johnson |
| Release date(s) | 1930 |
| Running time | 86 min. |
| Country | [[[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|22x20px|Flag of United States]] United States |
| Language | English |
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The Spoilers is a 1930 film directed by Edward Carewe. It is set in Nome, Alaska during the 1898 Gold Rush, with Gary Cooper as Roy Glennister, Kay Johnson as Helen Chester, Betty Compson as Cherry Malotte, and William "Stage" Boyd as Alec MacNamara. The film culminates in a spectacular saloon fistfight between Glennister and McNamara.
The Spoilers was adapted to screen by Bartlett Cormack from the 1906 Rex Beach novel. Film versions also appeared in 1914, 1923 (with Noah Beery as McNamara), 1942 (with John Wayne in Gary Cooper's role of Glennister, Marlene Dietrich as Malotte, and Randolph Scott as McNamara), and 1955 (with Anne Baxter as Malotte, Jeff Chandler as Glennister, and Rory Calhoun as McNamara).
[edit] Trivia
The 1930 and 1942 versions were the only instance of Gary Cooper and John Wayne playing exactly the same role in the same story in two different films.
[edit] Cast
- Gary Cooper ... Roy Glenister
- Kay Johnson ... Helen Chester
- Betty Compson ... Cherry Malotte
- William 'Stage' Boyd ... Alec McNamara
- Harry Green ... Herman
- Slim Summerville ... Slapjack Simms
- James Kirkwood ... Joe Dextry
- Lloyd Ingraham ... Judge Stillman
- Oscar Apfel ... Struve
- George Irving ... William Wheaton
- Knute Erickson ... Captain Stevens
- Merrill McCormick ... Miner
- Charles K. French ... Man in Bar
- Jack Holmes ... Voorhees
- John Beck ... Hanson
