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Boom Town (1940)

ALL 08/30/1940 (en) Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western 119 Min
  • Release
    08/30/1940
  • Production
    Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Rotten tomato
    69%
  • Original title
    Boom Town
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 5,000,000.00
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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.

  1. Jack Conway

    Director

  4. Sam Zimbalist

    Producer



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Casts

  1. Clark Gable

    Big John McMasters

  2. Spencer Tracy

    Square John Sand

  3. Claudette Colbert

    Betsy Bartlett

  4. Hedy Lamarr

    Karen Vanmeer

  5. Frank Morgan

    Luther Aldrich

  6. Lionel Atwill

    Harry Compton

  7. Chill Wills

    Harmony Jones

  8. Marion Martin

    Whitey

  9. Minna Gombell

    Spanish Eva

  10. Joe Yule

    Ed Murphy

  11. Horace Murphy

    Tom Murphy

  12. Marietta Canty

    Maid

  13. Curt Bois

    Ferdie the Tailor

  14. Richard Lane

    Assistant D.A.

  15. George Lessey

    Judge

  16. Sara Haden

    Miss Barnes

  17. Frank Orth

    Barber

  18. Charles Coleman

    McMasters' Butler

  19. Nell Craig

    Compton's Secretary

  20. Byron Foulger

    Geologist

  21. Harry Hayden

    Architect

  22. Eddy Waller

    Hotel Desk Clerk in Burkburnett

  23. Roy Gordon

    McCreery

  24. Casey Johnson

    Little Jack

  25. Baby Quintanilla

    Baby Jack

  26. Frank McGlynn Sr.

    Deacon

  27. Bess Flowers

    Worker in McMasters' Office (uncredited)

  28. Barbara Bedford

    Nurse (uncredited)

  29. Hank Bell

    Hank - Man in Dance Hall (uncredited)

  30. Charles D. Brown

    U.S. Marshal Stebbins (uncredited)

  31. Francis X. Bushman Jr.

    Man with Nitroglycerine (uncredited)

  32. Marietta Canty

    Karen's Maid (uncredited)

  33. Charles Coleman

    Parker - McMasters' Butler (uncredited)

  34. James Conaty

    Man Working in McMasters' Office (uncredited)

  35. Dick Curtis

    Hiring Boss (uncredited)

  36. Helen Dickson

    Mrs. Summers (uncredited)

  37. James Dime

    Townsman (uncredited)

  38. Eddie Dunn

    Wildcatter (uncredited)

  39. Franklyn Farnum

    Alarmed Townsman (uncredited)

  40. Pat Flaherty

    Man at Dice Table (uncredited)

  41. Sam Garrett

    Rider / Roper (uncredited)

  42. George Guhl

    Baggage Man (uncredited)

  43. Frank Hagney

    Man Abandoned by Whitey (uncredited)

  44. William Halligan

    McCreery's Associate #2 (uncredited)

  45. John Hamilton

    McMasters' Defense Attorney (uncredited)

  46. Tom Hanlon

    Racetrack Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

  47. Harry Hayden

    Smith - the Architect (uncredited)

  48. Holmes Herbert

    Doctor (uncredited)

  49. Howard Hickman

    McCreery's Associate #1 (uncredited)

  50. Earle Hodgins

    Rodeo Barker (uncredited)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 73 , Crews : 15

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Boom Town (1940) 119 Min

ALL 08/30/1940 (en)
Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
  • Release 08/30/1940
  • Production
    Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Original title Boom Town
  • en
  • Revenue5,000,000.00

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.

  1. Jack Conway

    Director

  2. James Edward Grant

    Story

  3. Blanche Sewell

    Editor

  4. Sam Zimbalist

    Producer



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