The Bronco Kid kills the marshall, but Roy gets the blame. Helen is now in love with Roy, who begs Dextry's forgiveness and persuades him to rob a bank to take back the wealth stolen from them.īoth Glennister and Dextry don blackface to disguise themselves. Roy realizes he's been deceived as McNamara and Stillman prepare to steal at least $250,000 while the mine's case awaits appeal. Roy makes the mistake of siding with McNamara, damaging his relationship with his longtime partner, Al Dextry. He is attracted to Helen Chester, the judge's niece. So, the bad guys usually get their way.Ĭherry's old beau, Roy Glennister, returns from a trip to Europe.
In on the crooked scheme is the new gold commissioner, Alexander McNamara, as well as the last word of law and order in the territory, Judge Stillman. Saloon owner Cherry Malotte is aware of the corruption all around, including that Bennett and Clark are out to steal the men's claim. Nome, Alaska, 1900: Flapjack and Banty come to town to check on their gold mine claim.
The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Art Direction ( John B. Service (not credited) plays The Poet, a fictionalized version of himself. Dietrich and Wayne had also made the earlier film Seven Sinners together in 1940.īestselling poet Robert W. 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.
Marlene Dietrich, Randolph Scott, and John Wayne also appeared together that same year in a movie called Pittsburgh. Nilsson as Malotte), 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 1955 (with Anne Baxter as Malotte, Jeff Chandler as Glennister, and Rory Calhoun as McNamara). Film versions also appeared in 1914, 1923 (with Noah Beery Sr. The Spoilers was adapted to screen by Lawrence Hazard from the 1906 Rex Beach novel of the same name. The Spoilers is a 1942 American Western film directed by Ray Enright and starring Marlene Dietrich, Randolph Scott and John Wayne.