The Spoilers

A saloon girl in Nome, Alaska, Cherry (Marlene Dietrich) runs a popular spot for miners during the Gold Rush in 1898. There, action centers with hostility, social rivalry, and romance. The Gold Commissioner, McNamara (Randolph Scott) begins to woo her, and mainly because she owns controlling power in one of the richest mines. Dextry (Harry Carey) and his young partner Roy (John Wayne) whom Cherry has a romantic interest in, causing other men to bristle with jealousy. But Roy has a respectable girlfriend named Helen (Margaret Lindsay) whose connections include the new law in the area, Judge Stillman (Samuel S. Hinds). In fact, Roy and Cherry may be surrounded with untrustworthy people who are using them.