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

Two con-men from the East come out West to join up with Avery. They plan to steal the Lopez diamond from Don Lopez. With the drought, Lopez has sold all of his other jewels for gold so that he can take his people to a better place to live and work. Dean and Soapy try to protect Lopez, but Avery and his gang steal the gold and look forward to stealing the diamond necklace. When Maria offers to become partners with Barrit, it looks bad for Lopez.

5.5

Old Los Angeles

Apr 24, 1948

Also known as California Outpost, Old Los Angeles stars Bill Elliot in one of his expanded-budget Republic "specials." The film is set during the early statehood days of California, with Elliot keeping the peace and warding off plunderers and marauders. As always, Elliot is a "peaceable man"--until he beats the tar out of those who rile him. The problem with Elliot's more expensive Republic vehicles is that action invariably took a back seat to plot, romance, costumes and decor. Within a year of Old Los Angeles, Elliot started a more austere, less prettified and far superior western series.

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.

6.0

Khadak

Aug 31, 2006

Set in the frozen steppes of Mongolia, a young nomad is confronted with his destiny after animals fall victim to a plague which threatens to eradicate nomadism.

6.5

North to Alaska

Nov 7, 1960

After striking gold in Alaska, the romantic George sends his womanizing partner Sam to bring his fiancée up from Seattle. When Sam finds that she has already married, he returns instead with Angel, a dancer originally from France.

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.

7.2

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.

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.

6.0

Foxfire

Jul 13, 1955

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

0.0

Old Wounds

May 22, 1969

An old man refuses to undergo an operation in the hospital because he does not trust the abilities of the female surgeon.

8.0

The Gold Rush

Jul 13, 1925

A gold prospector in Alaska struggles to survive the elements and win the heart of a dance hall girl.

7.5

The Man Who Would Be King

Dec 3, 1975

Tired of life as soldiers, Peachy Carnehan and Danny Dravot travel to the isolated land of Kafiristan, where they are ultimately embraced by the people and revered as rulers. After a series of misunderstandings, the natives come to believe that Dravot is a god, but he and Carnehan can't keep up their deception forever.

8.5

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Dec 22, 1966

While the Civil War rages on between the Union and the Confederacy, three men – a quiet loner, a ruthless hitman, and a Mexican bandit – comb the American Southwest in search of a strongbox containing $200,000 in stolen gold.

5.8

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.

6.7

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.

5.6

Sam Whiskey

Apr 1, 1969

A widow hires an ex-gambler to retrieve gold bars from a sunken river boat in Colorado and discreetly return them to the Federal Mint, from where they had been stolen by her dead husband.

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.

7.5

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.

0.0

Trails End

Apr 2, 1949

Cowhand Drake discovers gold on the ranch of his boss, Joe Stuart and makes a deal with crooked lawyer Mel Porter to induce Stuart to sell. The latter refuses, and also orders Bill Cameron not to see his daughter Laurie again. Foreman Johnny Mack, after intervening, quits after he sees Stuart hit Laurie while quarreling over her proposed marriage to Cameron. Peddler Alibi Terhune witnesses the killing of Stuart by Clem Kettering, hired by Porter, and is taken prisoner. Cameron is blamed for Stuart's killing, escapes jail, but is persuaded by Johnny to go back and stand trial. Johnny rescues Alibi and the two work together on clearing Cameron's name, and bringing the real culprits to justice.

7.3

Greed

Dec 4, 1924

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