The Spoilers (1923 film)
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The Spoilers | |
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Directed by | Lambert Hillyer |
Written by | Rex Beach (novel /play) Elliott J. Clawson |
Starring | Milton Sills Anna Q. Nilsson Noah Beery |
Release date(s) | 1923 |
Running time | 80 min. |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent film English intertitles |
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The Spoilers is a 1923 silent film directed by Lambert Hillyer. It is set in Nome, Alaska during the 1898 Gold Rush, with Milton Sills as Roy Glennister, Anna Q. Nilsson as Cherry Malotte, and Noah Beery as Alex McNamara. The film culminates in a spectacular saloon fistfight between Glennister and McNamara.
The Spoilers was adapted to screen by Elliott J. Clawson from the 1906 Rex Beach novel. Film versions also appeared in 1914, 1930 (with Gary Cooper as Glennister), 1942 (with John Wayne as Glennister, Marlene Dietrich as Malotte, and Randolph Scott as McNamara), and in 1955.