Boom Town (1940)
Where Men Are Rough And Tough . . . And Like Their Women The Same Way !
- Released
- Runtime 1h 59m
- Director Jack Conway
- Genres Adventure Drama Romance Western
- Rating 7.0/10 (64 votes)
Synopsis
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.
Cast
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Clark Gable
as Big John McMasters
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Spencer Tracy
as Square John Sand
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Claudette Colbert
as Betsy Bartlett
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Hedy Lamarr
as Karen Vanmeer
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Frank Morgan
as Luther Aldrich
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Lionel Atwill
as Harry Compton
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Chill Wills
as Harmony Jones
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Marion Martin
as Whitey
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Minna Gombell
as Spanish Eva
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Joe Yule
as Ed Murphy
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Horace Murphy
as Tom Murphy
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Marietta Canty
as Maid
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Curt Bois
as Ferdie the Tailor
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Richard Lane
as Assistant D.A.
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George Lessey
as Judge
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Sara Haden
as Miss Barnes
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Frank Orth
as Barber
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Charles Coleman
as McMasters' Butler
Crew
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Jack Conway
Director
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Harold Rosson
Director of Photography
- Blanche Sewell Editor
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Franz Waxman
Original Music Composer
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Sam Zimbalist
Producer
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John Lee Mahin
Screenplay
