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Spoilers of the West
Also known as Despojadores do Deserto in Brazil; Præriens Sønner in Denmark; Punainen villi länsi in Finland; El amor pudo más in Spain
(1927) United States of America
B&W : Six reels
Directed by W.S. Van Dyke

Cast: Tim McCoy [Lieutenant Lang], Marjorie Daw [Miss Benton], William Fairbanks [Mr. Benton], Charles Thurston [General Sherman], Chief John Big Tree [Chief Red Cloud], Louise Emmons [a settler]

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation. / Scenario by Ross B. Wills and Madeleine Ruthven, from a story by John T. Neville. Production supervision by David O. Selznick. Costume design by Lucia Coulter. Cinematography by Clyde De Vinna. Film editor, Dan Sharits. Intertitles written by Joe Farnham (Joseph Farnham). / Released 10 December 1927. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in Denmark on 23 November 1928. The film was released in Finland on 14 October 1929. / Silent film.

Drama: Western.

Survival status: Print exists in the MGM/UA film archive.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: General George Armstrong Custer

Listing updated: 4 December 2023.

References: Pitts-Hollywood p. 129 : ClasIm-204 p. 42; ClasIm-221 p. C19 : Website-ASFFDb; Website-IMDb.

 
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