The Spoilers (1914 film)

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The Spoilers
Directed by Colin Campbell
Written by Rex Beach (novel /play)
Lanier Bartlett
Starring William Farnum
Kathlyn Williams
Tom Santschi
Release date(s) 1914
Running time 110 min.
Country Flag of the United States United States
Language Silent film
English intertitles
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The Spoilers is a 1914 film directed by Colin Campbell. It is set in Nome, Alaska during the 1898 Gold Rush, with William Farnum as Roy Glennister, Kathlyn Williams as Cherry Malotte, and Tom Santschi as Alex McNamara. The film culminates in a spectacular saloon fistfight between Glennister and McNamara. It was adapted to screen by Lanier Bartlett from the Rex Beach novel. The film was remade in 1923 (with Noah Beery as McNamara), 1930 (with Gary Cooper as Glennister), 1942 (with John Wayne as Glennister, Randolph Scott as McNamara, and Marlene Dietrich as Malotte), and 1955 (with Jeff Chandler as Glennister and Rory Calhoun as McNamara).

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