The Spoilers (1914) | Directed by Colin Campbell - Full Movie

The first of many filmed adaptations of Rex Beach's adventure novel of the Alaskan gold-rush.

The Spoilers is a film directed by Colin Campbell. The film is set in Nome, Alaska during the 1898 Gold Rush, with William Farnum as Roy Glennister, Kathlyn Williams as Cherry Malotte, and Tom Santschi as Alex McNamara. The film culminates in a spectacular saloon fistfight between Glennister and McNamara. In 1916, an expanded version was released, running 110 minutes.

The film was adapted to screen by Lanier Bartlett from the Rex Beach novel of the same name. The film was remade in 1923 (with Noah Beery as McNamara), 1930 (with Gary Cooper as Glennister and Betty Compson as Malotte), 1942 (with John Wayne as Glennister, Randolph Scott as McNamara, and Marlene Dietrich as Malotte), and 1955 (with Jeff Chandler as Glennister, Rory Calhoun as McNamara, and Anne Baxter as Malotte). All of the films feature a lengthy, intense fight sequence.

Directed by: Colin Campbell, Alfred E. Green (asst. dir.)
Written by: Rex Beach (novel/play), Lanier Bartlett
Produced by: William Nicholas Selig
Starring: William Farnum, Kathlyn Williams, Tom Santschi
Cinematography: Harry Gerstad, Alvin Wyckoff
Production company: Selig Polyscope Company
Distributed by: General Film Company
Release date: March 25, 1914
Running time: 9 reels (1914 release), 110 minutes (1916 re-release)
Country: United States
Languages: Silent film, English intertitles
Box office: $1 million