The Spoilers (1955 film)

The Spoilers
Film poster by Reynold Brown
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
Release date	December 23, 1955 (1955-12-23)
Running time	84 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1.4 million (US)[1]

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).

Film versions also appeared in 1914, in 1923 (with Noah Beery, Sr. as McNamara), in 1930 (with Gary Cooper as Glennister and Betty Compson as Malotte), and in 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.