About the film
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Boom Town
Release Date: August 30, 1940
| Year | : | 1940 |
| Slogan | : | «Where Men Are Rough And Tough . . . And Like Their Women The Same Way !» |
| Genres | : | Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western |
| Production Companies | : | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Director | : | Jack Conway |
| Producers | : | Sam Zimbalist |
| Writers | : | John Lee Mahin, James Edward Grant |
| RunTime | : | 119 mins. |
| Budget | : | 1600000 |
| Revenue | : | 5000000 |
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.
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Trailer: Boom Town - Trailer
Main Actors
Clark Gable
Character : Big John McMasters
Spencer Tracy
Character : Square John Sand
Claudette Colbert
Character : Betsy Bartlett
Hedy Lamarr
Character : Karen Vanmeer
Frank Morgan
Character : Luther Aldrich
Lionel Atwill
Character : Harry Compton
Chill Wills
Character : Harmony Jones
Marion Martin
Character : Whitey
Minna Gombell
Character : Spanish Eva
Joe Yule
Character : Ed Murphy
Horace Murphy
Character : Tom Murphy
Marietta Canty
Character : Maid
Curt Bois
Character : Ferdie the Tailor
Richard Lane
Character : Assistant D.A.
George Lessey
Character : Judge
Sara Haden
Character : Miss Barnes
Frank Orth
Character : Barber
John Hamilton
Character : Defense Attorney
Charles Coleman
Character : McMasters' Butler
Nell Craig
Character : Compton's Secretary
Byron Foulger
Character : Geologist
Harry Hayden
Character : Architect
Eddy Waller
Character : Hotel Desk Clerk in Burkburnett
Roy Gordon
Character : McCreery
Casey Johnson
Character : Little Jack
Baby Quintanilla
Character : Baby Jack
Frank McGlynn Sr.
Character : Deacon
Bess Flowers
Character : Worker in McMasters' Office (uncredited)
Barbara Bedford
Character : Nurse (uncredited)
Hank Bell
Character : Hank - Man in Dance Hall (uncredited)
Charles D. Brown
Character : U.S. Marshal Stebbins (uncredited)
Francis X. Bushman Jr.
Character : Man with Nitroglycerine (uncredited)
Marietta Canty
Character : Karen's Maid (uncredited)
Charles Coleman
Character : Parker - McMasters' Butler (uncredited)
James Conaty
Character : Man Working in McMasters' Office (uncredited)
Dick Curtis
Character : Hiring Boss (uncredited)
Helen Dickson
Character : Mrs. Summers (uncredited)
James Dime
Character : Townsman (uncredited)
Eddie Dunn
Character : Wildcatter (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
Character : Alarmed Townsman (uncredited)
Pat Flaherty
Character : Man at Dice Table (uncredited)
Sam Garrett
Character : Rider / Roper (uncredited)
George Guhl
Character : Baggage Man (uncredited)
Frank Hagney
Character : Man Abandoned by Whitey (uncredited)
William Halligan
Character : McCreery's Associate #2 (uncredited)
John Hamilton
Character : McMasters' Defense Attorney (uncredited)
Tom Hanlon
Character : Racetrack Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Harry Hayden
Character : Smith - the Architect (uncredited)
Holmes Herbert
Character : Doctor (uncredited)
Howard Hickman
Character : McCreery's Associate #1 (uncredited)
Earle Hodgins
Character : Rodeo Barker (uncredited)
Shep Houghton
Character : Saloon Brawler (uncredited)
Jack Ingram
Character : Oilman at Producers' Convention (uncredited)
Sheldon Jett
Character : Oil Man at Meeting (uncredited)
Robert Emmett Keane
Character : Oilman in New York (uncredited)
Mitchell Lewis
Character : Venezuelan Foreman (uncredited)
Tom London
Character : Sheriff Harris (uncredited)
Frank McLure
Character : Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
Carlotta Monti
Character : Saloon Hostess Fighting Whitey (uncredited)
Philip Morris
Character : Oil Man (uncredited)
John T. Murray
Character : Mr. Springtime (uncredited)
Wedgwood Nowell
Character : Oilman at Producers' Convention (uncredited)
Ted Oliver
Character : Man Asking 4 Bits to Cross (uncredited)
Nestor Paiva
Character : Venezuelan Officer (uncredited)
Milton Parsons
Character : Aldrich's Assistant (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
Character : Man Fighting Oil Fire (uncredited)
Henry Roquemore
Character : Mr. Summers (uncredited)
Larry Steers
Character : Lawyer at Prosecution's Table (uncredited)
Bert Stevens
Character : Hotel Lobby Extra (uncredited)
William Tannen
Character : Hotel Desk Clerk #1 (uncredited)
Eddy Waller
Character : Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Harry Wilson
Character : Townsman (uncredited)
Tom Wilson
Character : Man in Saloon (uncredited)
Douglas Wood
Character : Oil Man at New York Meeting (uncredited)
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