The Spoilers (1955)

The Spoilers (1955) (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Mono )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Mono )
Italian ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
80 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu

Movie filmed in 1955 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Jesse Hibbs

Written By:
Rex Beach

Actors:
Anne Baxter ..... Cherry Malotte
Jeff Chandler ..... Roy Glennister
Rory Calhoun ..... Alexander McNamara
Ray Danton ..... 'Bronco' Blackie
Barbara Britton ..... Helen Chester
John McIntire ..... Dextry
Carl Benton Reid ..... Judge Stillman
Wallace Ford ..... Flapjack Simms
Raymond Walburn ..... Mr. Skinner
Dayton Lummis ..... Lawyer Wheaton
Willis Bouchey ..... Jonathan Struve
Roy Barcroft ..... The Marshal
Ruth Donnelly ..... Duchess, Cherry's Maid
Forrest Lewis ..... Banty Jones
Byron Foulger ..... Montrose aka Monty

Synopsis:

During the 1898 gold rush in Nome,Alaska, many miners are faced with claim jumpers bent on stealing their legitimate gold claims.The new gold commissioner, Alex McNamara, assures the miners that judge Stillman is on his way to Nome to review all legal matters concerning the mines.However, the miners grow impatient and want to settle matters the old fashioned way:with a gun.Finally, a ship arrives bringing judge Stillman and his daughter to Nome. On the same boat,local mine owner,Roy Glennister,returns to Nome and is greeted by girlfriend Cherry Malotte who's the owner of the local saloon and gambling house.But Roy is full of gallantry toward fellow boat passenger, Helen Chester,which causes a jealousy scene between Roy and girlfriend Cherry.Following their lovers' quarrel Roy and Cherry discover that judge Stillman and his legal team are phony,the gold commissioner, Alex McNamara, is corrupt and that Roy and his mining partner, Dextry, are about to lose their mine to phony claimants.

The Spoilers is the fourth film version of Rex Beach's rugged Alaskan adventure yarn. Set during the Gold Rush of '98, the film stars Jeff Chandler as mine owner Roy Glennister, cheated out of his claim by gold commissioner Alex McNamara (Rory Calhoun). Though Glennister protests, the crooked McNamara has the law on his side. Saloonkeeper Cherry Malotte (Ann Baxter) constantly shifts her allegiance between Glennister and McNamara, though eventually she chooses the 'right' side. Like all previous versions of The Spoilers, this one ends with a knock-down, drag-out fight between Glennister and McNamara--not as realistic, perhaps, as the famous bout between William Farnum and Tom Santschi in the original 1914 adaptation of The Spoilers, but a heck of a lot more exciting. Raymond Walburn makes his final film appearance as town inebriate Mr. Skinner.

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