The Spoilers (1914 film)
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The Spoilers | |
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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 | 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).