Boom Town (1940)

  • NR
  • 08/30/1940 (US)
  • Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
  • 1h 59m

Where Men Are Rough And Tough . . . And Like Their Women The Same Way !

Overview

Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a twenty year period both love the same woman. McMasters and Sand come to oil towns to get rich. Betsy comes West intending to marry Sand but marries McMasters instead. Getting rich and losing it all teaches McMasters and Sand the value of personal ties.

John Lee Mahin

Screenplay

James Edward Grant

Story

Jack Conway

Director

Cast

Clark Gable's headshot

Clark Gable

Big John McMasters
Spencer Tracy's headshot

Spencer Tracy

Square John Sand
Claudette Colbert's headshot

Claudette Colbert

Betsy Bartlett
Hedy Lamarr's headshot

Hedy Lamarr

Karen Vanmeer
Frank Morgan's headshot

Frank Morgan

Luther Aldrich
Lionel Atwill's headshot

Lionel Atwill

Harry Compton
Chill Wills's headshot

Chill Wills

Harmony Jones
Marion Martin's headshot

Marion Martin

Whitey

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