The Spoilers (1955 film)
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The Spoilers is a 1955 American Western film directed by Jesse Hibbs and starring Anne Baxter, Jeff Chandler and Rory Calhoun. Set in Nome, Alaska during the 1898 Gold Rush, it culminates in a spectacular saloon fistfight between Glennister (Chandler) and McNamara (Calhoun).
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Directed by | Jesse Hibbs |
Screenplay by | Oscar Brodney Charles Hoffman |
Based on | The Spoilers 1906 novel/play by Rex Beach |
Produced by | Ross Hunter |
Starring | Anne Baxter Jeff Chandler Rory Calhoun |
Cinematography | Maury Gertsman |
Edited by | Paul Weatherwax |
Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | Universal International Pictures |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $1.4 million (US)[1] |
Film versions also appeared in 1914, 1923 (with Noah Beery, Sr. as McNamara), 1930 (with Gary Cooper as Glennister and Betty Compson as Malotte), and 1942 (with John Wayne as Glennister, Betty Compson lookalike Marlene Dietrich as Malotte, and Randolph Scott as McNamara). The 1930 and 1942 versions were the only instances of Gary Cooper and John Wayne playing the same role in the same story in two different films; Jeff Chandler portrays the part in this version.