The Spoilers

Jun 11, 1942

1h 27m

★ 6.2

Crashing Fists in the Gold-Crazed Alaska of '98!

Overview

When honest ship captain Roy Glennister gets swindled out of his mine claim, he turns to saloon singer Cherry Malotte for assistance in his battle with no-good town kingpin Alexander McNamara.

Genres

Drama

Western

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

Frank Lloyd Productions

Charles K. Feldman Group

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Cast

Cherry Malotte

Marlene Dietrich

McNamara

Randolph Scott

Glennister

John Wayne

Helen Chester

Margaret Lindsay

Dextry

Harry Carey

Bronco Kid

Richard Barthelmess

Banty

George Cleveland

Judge Stillman

Samuel S. Hinds

Flapjack

Russell Simpson

Wheaton

William Farnum

Idabelle

Marietta Canty

Mr. Skinner

Jack Norton

Phaedra is a poor sponge diver on the lovely Greek isle of Hydra. While diving, she discovers an ancient brass and gold statue of a boy riding a dolphin, which is said to have the magical power to grant wishes. Her shiftless boyfriend wants to sell it to an unscrupulous art collector, but Phaedra wants to give it to anthropologist Jim Calder, who would return it to the Greek government.

6.9

Crimson Gold

Sep 12, 2003

Pizza man Hussein is a daily witnesses to the unjust distribution of wealth in his native Iran. One day, he finds a purse filled with shockingly expensive receipts from an upscale jewelry store. He attempts to bring the purse back to the store, but because of his working-class attire, he's not allowed inside. Then, during a delivery, a rich man invites Hussein into his extravagant mansion – an event that spurs Hussein to make a desperate bid for wealth.

7.3

Greed

Dec 4, 1924

A lottery win of $5,000 forever changes the lives of a miner turned dentist and his wife.

5.7

Tremors 4: The Legend Begins

Jan 2, 2004

In 1889, seventeen men die under mysterious circumstances, and spooked by recent events, the miners who populate the town leave in droves until there's nothing left but a shell of a community.

6.3

Foxfire

Jul 13, 1955

A part-Indian mining engineer looks for gold in an Arizona ghost town with his socialite bride.

6.5

The Valley of Death

Dec 12, 1968

An army gold shipment and its escort vanish in the Ozarks, prompting accusations of theft and desertion but frontiersman Old Shatterhand and Apache chief Winnetou help solve the mystery of the missing army gold.

7.5

Aguirre, the Wrath of God

Dec 29, 1972

A few decades after the destruction of the Inca Empire, a Spanish expedition led by the infamous Aguirre leaves the mountains of Peru and goes down the Amazon River in search of the lost city of El Dorado. When great difficulties arise, Aguirre’s men start to wonder whether their quest will lead them to prosperity or certain death.

7.5

Blind Shaft

Feb 12, 2003

Two Chinese miners, who make money by killing fellow miners and then extorting money from the mine owner to keep quiet about the "accident", happen upon their latest victim. But one of them begins to have second thoughts.

5.0

Gangster's Den

Jun 14, 1945

Fuzzy purchases a saloon with a large sack of gold from the mine he owns with his partner Billy. When a crooked lawyer uses underhanded methods to try taking over the saloon, Billy works to bring the lawyer and his no-good gang to justice.

4.9

The Heart of the Earth

Mar 17, 2007

Tensions mount in an Andalusia mining town between local Spanish workers and their British employers.

5.3

City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold

Jun 10, 1994

Mitch Robbins' 40th birthday begins quite well until he returns home and finds his brother Glen, the black sheep of the family, in his sofa. Nevertheless he is about to have a wonderful birthday-night with his wife when he discovers a treasure map of Curly by chance. Together with Phil and unfortunately Glen he tries to find the hidden gold of Curly's father in the desert of Arizona.

7.2

North Country

Feb 12, 2005

A fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the United States — Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines, where a woman who endured a range of abuse while working as a miner filed and won the landmark 1984 lawsuit.

6.8

The War Wagon

May 26, 1967

An ex-con seeks revenge on the man who put him in prison by planning a robbery of the latter's stagecoach, which is transporting gold. He enlists the help of a partner, who could be working for his nemesis.

6.7

White Fang

Jan 18, 1991

Jack London's classic adventure story about the friendship developed between a Yukon gold hunter and the mixed dog-wolf he rescues from the hands of a man who mistreats him.

6.1

Opal Dream

Jul 12, 2006

Pobby & Dingan are invisible. They live in an opal town in Australia and are friends with Kellyanne, the 9 year-old daughter of an opal miner. The film tells the story of the bizarre and inexplicable disappearance of Pobby & Dingan, Kellyanne's imaginary friends, and the impact this has on her family and the whole town. The story is told through the eyes of Kellyanne's 11 years old brother Ashmol.

0.0

Fire at the Mine

Oct 3, 1911

No overview available.

4.5

The Tall Texan

Feb 13, 1953

Groups of desperate travelers journey together throughout the Southwest and soon find trouble when they all get gold fever. The action and drama are heightened when they discover gold…on an Indian burial ground!

6.3

Son of Paleface

Jul 14, 1952

Peter Potter Jr. returns to claim his father's gold, which is nowhere to be found.

5.6

Act of Vengeance

Sep 4, 1986

In 1969, an administrator runs against the corrupt president of the United Coal Miners Union, and becomes the target of a murder plot.

5.1

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure

May 18, 1979

After "The Poseidon Adventure", in which the ship got flipped over by a tidal wave, the ship drifts bottom-up in the sea. While the passengers are still on board waiting to be rescued, two rivaling salvage parties enter the ship on search for money, gold and a small amount of plutonium.