The Spoilers

1955

Adventure / Drama / Western

3
IMDb Rating 6.0/10 10 631 631

gold alaska

Director

Jesse Hibbs Photo
Jesse Hibbs

Top cast

William Fawcett Photo
William Fawcett as Prospector
Robert Foulk Photo
Robert Foulk as Bartender
Ray Danton Photo
Ray Danton as Blackie
Frank Hagney Photo
Frank Hagney as Sourdough at Hearing
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764.72 MB
1280*640
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
1 hr 23 min
Seeds 5
1.39 GB
1920*960
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
1 hr 23 min
Seeds 12

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by richardchatten 5 / 10

Shootout at the Miter Inn

Ross Hunter's Technicolor version of Rex Beach's novel was the fifth and least. While a newly blonde Ann Baxter - top-billed in the role previously played by Dietrich, sashaying about in a couple of impressive hats and and actually getting to say "Play it again, Sam" - had cut a far more impressive figure in jeans in 'Yellow Sky'.
Reviewed by bkoganbing 6 / 10

This 1955 version of The Spoilers for Universal Pictures remains the fifth and last version on film. After over 50 years it could use another remake and I'm surprised no one has done one. I can see someone like Russell Crowe in the hero role as Gary Cooper, John Wayne, and Jeff Chandler in this film have done before.Not much variation on the plot in this film. Rory Calhoun plays the charming, but very caddish gold commissioner who has a carefully thought out scheme to rob Jeff Chandler and John McIntire of the contents of their mine. Calhoun is also jumping Chandler's claim on saloon owner Anne Baxter and Chandler himself doesn't help his cause when he starts giving Barbara Britton the once over. What he doesn't know is Britton is in league with Calhoun and company.If you've seen the film that starred Marlene Dietrich, John Wayne and Randolph Scott from 1943 also for Universal you know exactly how this one comes out. All the cast including the three leads acquit themselves well in the roles carved out by movie legends.I'd really love to see the 1930 version of The Spoilers that Gary Cooper starred in, but apparently the film is lost. If someone knows something else on the subject, let me know.In any event this version of The Spoilers is fast moving and exciting western entertainment for fans of action films with a nice dose of sex, courtesy of Anne Baxter.
Reviewed by DKosty123 6 / 10

Alaska Gold Rush Times 5

Rex Beaches 1906 novel had been done 2 times as a silent film, twice as a sound film prior to this outing. So the plot had been used and reused with slight differences. This one pretty much follows the same plot.The 1942 version with Marlenea Deitrich, and John Wayne is better that this one for star power. The 1930 version starring Gary Cooper was once in a late show tv package in the 1960's but is now considered a lost film. The silents are impossible for most modern viewers to watch. That brings us to 1955.Rory Calhoun is a fairly big name actor, while Jeff Chandler is most comfortable in formats other than westerns which even though this is Alaska, it plays mostly as a Western. Anne Baxter is okay here. In fact the whole cast is okay. That's the problem, as this film really adds nothing to the previous versions and the stars are not as good as the John Wayne / Randolph Scott version.This version is currently on Grit. Would love it if the channel could run the Scott/Wayne/Dietrich version with this as a double feature. If they could run the Cooper version too, it would make an interesting triple. Especially with all those bulb head commercials the channel runs. If they could remake it today and make it more of an "R" rated film, it could actually sell tickets. With a good cast, it could be re-made well and use some modern effects and some :mature loving plot to update it.
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