the plot of this star stud film be pretty familiar and involve crook official and their henchman try to steal the claim and gold of hardworking miner and along with a somewhat troubled romance between the hero and a dancehall queen with a heart of gold . there even a spectacular train wreck worthy of cecil demille . marlene detrich definitely be the queen of dancehall queen and with her penetrate aloof style . randolf scott make a memorable villain and and wayne get to use his fist on numerous occasion and include a memorably long one with scott and which should have result in a long hospital stay for both and if authentic . harry carey and russell simpson and george cleveland add their usual oldtimer persona . wayne be the hero in another film make the same year with a very similar plot involve 49ers and call in old california . by way of historical background and there be minimal law and order in nome at this time and when thousand arrive each month in the summer . claim jumping and other irregularity be rampant . a common device be to issue claim and via the power of attorney and for relative and friend not present and probably often fictitious . there be a crooked judge and rather like the judge in the film . many of the latecomer and frustrate that all the good creek have be claim and establish narrow claim on the beach and after it be discover that the beach sand contain appreciable gold . i would like to discuss two of the secondary main character representhelen chester and bronco and who be gloss over in most review . helen and play by raven haired margaret lindsay and be well characterize in some respect and but poorly in other respect . she be in an ambiguous situation through most of the film . what be clear be her infatuation with roy ( wayne ) and with whom she seem to have have an affair on the boat from seattle and and her recognition that she will probably remain a temporary diversion for roy and whose main female interest will remain cherry . just why she come to nome be unclear and as be the extent of her involvement in the claim jumping scheme . she be supposedly the niece of the crooked judge stillman and come across a a rather colorless debutante . she seem to disapprove of the claim jump operation and especially when they involve roy . it be unclear why the leadership of the claim jump gang tolerate her presence during their discussion of plan and know her involvement with roy and her cool attitude toward their operation . in any case and she serve a an involuntary insider for information important to roy and the miner . although she doesn not have the gut to do anything about a roy assassination plot and her information save his life . she also give the film it title with her remark that be nothing but a cheap lot of spoiler . in this context and spoiler mean crook . bronco be play by richard barthelmess and whose well act day be far behind in the silent era . bronco appear to be a rather colorless right hand man for cherry and with a rather sinister look and who probably have have a very shady past . he have the hots for cherry and nobody else and so he say . thus and he have something in common with roy . when cherry be mad at roy and he try to weasel in a her number one and but get nowhere . during the bank holdup and he try to shoot roy from the dark shallow and presumably to eliminate his chief rival for the affection of cherry . cherry then coerce him into help save roy from assassination and then help the miner take back their claim by force . clearly he be mark by the plot to die and and he do .