Boom Town

Boom Town
1940AdventureDramaRomance119 mins
★★★★★

Plot

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 b... read more

  • Jack Conway

    Director

  • John Lee Mahin

    Screenplay

  • James Edward Grant

    Story

  • Harold Rosson

    Director of Photography

  • Blanche Sewell

    Editor

  • Clark Gable

    Big John McMasters

  • Spencer Tracy

    Square John Sand

  • Claudette Colbert

    Betsy Bartlett

  • Hedy Lamarr

    Karen Vanmeer

  • Frank Morgan

    Luther Aldrich

  • Lionel Atwill

    Harry Compton

  • Chill Wills

    Harmony Jones

  • Marion Martin

    Whitey

  • Minna Gombell

    Spanish Eva

  • Joe Yule

    Ed Murphy

  • Horace Murphy

    Tom Murphy

  • Marietta Canty

    Maid

  • Curt Bois

    Ferdie the Tailor

  • Richard Lane

    Assistant D.A.

  • George Lessey

    Judge

  • Sara Haden

    Miss Barnes

  • Frank Orth

    Barber

  • Charles Coleman

    McMasters' Butler

  • Nell Craig

    Compton's Secretary

  • Byron Foulger

    Geologist

  • Harry Hayden

    Architect

  • Eddy Waller

    Hotel Desk Clerk in Burkburnett

  • Roy Gordon

    McCreery

  • Casey Johnson

    Little Jack

  • Baby Quintanilla

    Baby Jack

  • Frank McGlynn Sr.

    Deacon

  • Bess Flowers

    Worker in McMasters' Office (uncredited)

  • Barbara Bedford

    Nurse (uncredited)

  • Hank Bell

    Hank - Man in Dance Hall (uncredited)

  • Charles D. Brown

    U.S. Marshal Stebbins (uncredited)

  • Francis X. Bushman Jr.

    Man with Nitroglycerine (uncredited)

  • Marietta Canty

    Karen's Maid (uncredited)

  • Charles Coleman

    Parker - McMasters' Butler (uncredited)

  • James Conaty

    Man Working in McMasters' Office (uncredited)

  • Dick Curtis

    Hiring Boss (uncredited)

  • Helen Dickson

    Mrs. Summers (uncredited)

  • James Dime

    Townsman (uncredited)

  • Eddie Dunn

    Wildcatter (uncredited)

  • Franklyn Farnum

    Alarmed Townsman (uncredited)

  • Pat Flaherty

    Man at Dice Table (uncredited)

    • Runtime

    119 minutes

    Released

    1940-08-30

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

    Sound

  • Franz Waxman

    Original Music Composer

    • Updated

    32 days ago

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