| The Spoilers | |
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| Directed by | Ray Enright |
| Screenplay by | Lawrence Hazard Tom Reed |
| Based on | The Spoilers 1906 novel by Rex Beach |
| Produced by | Frank Lloyd Lee Marcus |
| Starring | Marlene Dietrich Randolph Scott John Wayne |
| Cinematography | Milton R. Krasner |
| Edited by | Clarence Kolster |
| Music by | Hans J. Salter |
| Color process | Black and white |
Production companies | Frank Lloyd Productions Charles K. Feldman Group |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1.1 million (US rentals)[1] |
The Spoilers is a 1942 American Western film directed by Ray Enright and starring Marlene Dietrich, Randolph Scott and John Wayne.
The Spoilers was adapted to screen by Lawrence Hazard from the 1906 Rex Beach novel of the same name. Film versions also appeared in 1914, in 1923 (with Noah Beery Sr. as McNamara and Anna Q. Nilsson as Malotte), in 1930 (with Gary Cooper as Glennister and Betty Compson as Malotte; this is the only time that Gary Cooper and John Wayne played the same role in two different films), and in 1955 (with Anne Baxter as Malotte, Jeff Chandler as Glennister and Rory Calhoun as McNamara).
Marlene Dietrich, Randolph Scott and John Wayne also appeared together that same year in a movie called Pittsburgh. Scott was billed above Wayne in both movies, even though Wayne's role was larger and more important in each, because he was under contract to Universal, whereas Wayne was borrowed from Republic. Dietrich and Wayne had also made the earlier film Seven Sinners together in 1940.
Bestselling poet Robert W. Service (not credited) plays The Poet, a fictionalized version of himself.[2]
The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Art Direction (John B. Goodman, Jack Otterson, Russell A. Gausman and Edward Ray Robinson).[3]
- ^ "101 Pix Gross in Millions" Variety 6 Jan 1943 p 58
- ^ "Extended Biography Archived June 2, 2019, at the Wayback Machine," RobertWService.com, July 21, 2003, 4. Web, Apr. 4, 2011
- ^ "NY Times: The Spoilers". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2012. Archived from the original on October 17, 2012. Retrieved December 14, 2008.