The Spoilers [Blu-ray]

GOOD MOVIE REALLY ENJOYED IT. I ALWAYS ENJOY JOHN WAYNE MOVIES. FANTASTIC ACTOR.

Everyone I hope are John Wayne fans. Talk about the best western actor who ever lived, it's THE DUKE.... I'm not saying that theirs not other good actors who star in westerns, but no one can come close to JOHN.... I can truly say watching him in a movie, is like not watching someone pretending. The words he said, and the way he treated others, he was humble, had great morals, a lifetime of being a very clean cut man. His movies were clean, family show,and wrong was wrong, and right was right. I started watching John with my father, 60 yrs. ago, oh how I fell in love with westerns, action, riding horses, and taking good care of them too. Yes, their were fights with fists, or chairs n tables busted up, and bottles of booze thrown flying on top of someones head, but I knew even thou I watched like I was in the movie, I knew it was only acting. For an hour or two I was sitting in a western town, and walking the streets, or riding a horse, or going some where in a stage coach. With John he didn't act it was like he was living the character of what ever the name he was, and the job he was doing. The Spoilers is so real, and it will keep your attention for the whole movie. I believe each actor, and John Wayne put on the best movie that anyone who likes westerns would love to see it. After all the years that has past since I first saw it in black and white, it's still one great movie.

When you have a talented lead trio like this in a movie with more than just a sense of humor and brilliantly filmed something sexy and explosive should occur and boy does it ever. This has to be one of my favoriteall time westerns. Beautiful Randolph, sexy Marlene and very hot Wayne who manages to not only navigate the very campy waters but wears a feather boa better than any macho man I can think of. Just buy this Blu-ray you will not regret it. Fun, fun, fun!

"The Spoilers" is an excellent western, released in 1942, that just misses being a classic. I suppose with the setting in Nome, Alaska, it should be called a "northern" ! The film boasts a potent starring trio of John Wayne, Marlene Dietrich and Randolph Scott, and has remained famous over the years for its climactic, no-holds-barred fistfight between those two icons of western cinema, Wayne and Scott.Clocking in at just under an hour and a half, "The Spoilers" does not have a complcated plot. The gold rush is on, but ruthless government agents, led by a swaggering crook named McNamara ( an atypically villainous Randolph Scott ), are trying to chisel miners out of their property. Cherry Malotte, the local casino operator ( smouldering Marlene Dietrich ) may seem like a tough woman on the outside, but she has supported a number of the miners and is pleased when her old flame, Glennister ( formidable John Wayne ), is back in town. Cherry's relationship with Glennister is about as calm and centred as that of two Siamese fighting fish ! At the same time, McNamara's pursuit of Cherry is only slightly less energetic than his efforts to steal gold mines, so when the showdown comes, the "Duke" has a lot at stake.In addition to the three stars, there are many supporting performances of note, with faces familiar to fans of old "A" and "B" westerns--Harry Carey, George Cleveland, Russell Simpson, William Farnum, Ray Bennett and Forrest Taylor to name a few. The movie is directed with a lot of energy by Ray Enright. The sets are impressive--check those streets--thick mud--I suspect that Nome around 1900 was like this--plenty of booze, mud, fortunes won and lost, and a busy undertaker !The DVD exhibits a black and white picture with reasonable quality. When a movie is 62 years old, I tend to be less critical about technical matters than some reviewers. There are no extras whatsoever. Surely there are some noted film critics out there who could have provided some interesting background comments ? Hey--Leonard Maltin--hey Roger Ebert--how about a little help here ?"The Spoilers", even with the legendary fisticuffs, is not--for me, at least--in the top echelon of classic westerns. At the same time, Wayne, Dietrich and Scott are so watchable that this disc still deserves a place in the collection of any serious fan.

Great movie

“Colored boy!!” 😂 oh my this is a fun movie, but not for you PC-no-humor-ruins-everything types. It’s cool to see The Duke as a naive young whipper-snapper, and the original “Lily Von Shtüpp” (Marlene Dietrich) is a wildcat in this movie. Fun for real Americans and will likely have you ridiculous crybabies “literally shaking” and make you cry and give you ptsd (you know who you are)

John Wayne and Marlena Dietrich work well together!

Watchable western that pits slick operator Randolph Scott against he-man John Wayne while Marlene Dietrich manages to stick her nose into everything for no particular reason except they all had the same business manager and were sold to the studio as a package deal; also money. A little more effort on the script and possibly a song might have livened this up. Can't blame Wayne he gamely does everything the script calls for even wearing camo makeup and Dietrich's feathered robe. Dietrich's made also has a few nice speeches that are a little elevated from the "Oh Lawdy Miss Scarlett" type of dialogue; but sadly, only a little.

Excellent copy of a brilliant western with John Wayne, Randolph Scott and Marlene Dietrich.

love it

A very good film that pits John Wayne against Randolph Scott. I never thought Randolph Scott could act, but in this film he proves that he makes a good antagonist against John Wayne. He is better as a co-star (as he was alongside Cary Grant in 'My Favourite Wife') rather than a lead. I like him better as an antagonist because his acting improves. Marlene Dietrich is past her youthful best in this film with an unflattering high hairstyle. John Wayne is class as he was in 'Seven Sinners' with Marlene Dietrich. She was better in that film. The tension between Wayne and Scott works well. They are both the same height and have the same stature in westerns at this point, but Wayne would go on to be the bigger star, and 1942 was a good year for him appearing in Cecil B. DeMille's 'Reap the Wild Wind'. I almost wish Wayne did the same thing with Gary Cooper so that we could see Cooper as an antagonist rather than a protagonist. The brawl at the end has shades of Charlton Heston and Gregory Peck in 'The Big Country'. A really satisfying film.

The Spoilers was first filmed in 1914 with William Farnum in the lead; he shows up again here in support, but the leads are Randolph Scott and John Wayne, with Marlene Dietrich one of the principal prizes. Filmed in 1930 and again in 1955, but this is the one to bet on.

Dietrich plays Cherry Malotte, a saloon girl in Alaska at the height of the gold rush who is purued by two men, honest seaman John Wayne and charming louse Randolph Scott - it is routine fare but served up with style. Richard Barthelmess, one of the great silent stars, is also there as someone who loves the wilful Cherry. It is routine studio stuff - package the stars, use a tried and trusted formula, but none the worse for that. This is film as entertainment, not high art.