The Spoilers

Crashing Fists in the Gold-Crazed Alaska of '98!

1942 • 87 min • Drama · Western

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Synopsis

When honest ship captain Roy Glennister gets swindled out of his mine claim, he turns to saloon singer Cherry Malotte for assistance in his battle with no-good town kingpin Alexander McNamara.

Our family guide

Best from age 9

Movie Knight Score

70 reviews

100 Reviewers · 3 · 53%
62 Audience · 67 · 47%

In gold rush Alaska, a ship captain loses his mine claim to a corrupt commissioner. With help from a spirited saloon singer, he fights to reclaim what's rightfully his. This classic Western features adventure, romance, and dramatic confrontations.

Violence & peril: 4/10
Language: 1/10
Drinking, drugs & smoking: 3/10
Romance & sensuality: 2/10
Scary moments: 2/10

Heads up

Disputes over land and wealth
Several intense fights
Characters consume alcohol

What it models well

Justice and fairness
Perseverance
Standing up to corruption
Loyalty

Talk about it after

Gold rush history
Frontier justice vs. legal systems
The role of women in the Old West

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Top billed cast

Director: Ray Enright • Crew: Lawrence Hazard, Tom Reed

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Reviewer notes

Recommended
**_Worthwhile old Western about Alaskan prospectors vs. corrupt officials with Wayne, Scott and Dietrich_** In 1900, the Nome Gold Rush attracts claim-jumpers, including a smooth gold commissioner (Randolph Scott), who’s in league with a crooked judge (Samuel S. Hinds).…
Wuchak, TMDB Community

RecommendedTrusted family reviewers
An oddly mis-matched cast of Marlene Dietrich, John Wayne and Randolph Scott star in this adaptation of Rex Beach's adventure tale of two miners (financed by Dietrich - a saloon owner/entertainer) who have to put up a fight against the corrupt land commissioner who is bent on stealing all the lucrative claims from their rightful owners.…
CinemaSerf, TMDB Community

RecommendedTrusted family reviewers
No fighting in here allowed unless it's over me. We are in Nome, Alaska, miner Roy Glennister (John Wayne) and his partner Dextry (Harry Carey), are forced to fight to save their gold claims from the crooked commissioner, Alexander McNamara (Randolph Scott).…
John Chard, TMDB Community