Film

Boom Town

1940 · 1h 59m · Adventure · Drama · Romance

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

IMDb

7.0

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.

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

• Jack ConwayDirector
• John Lee MahinScreenplay
• James Edward GrantStory
• Sam ZimbalistProducer
• Harold RossonDirector of Photography
• Franz WaxmanOriginal Music Composer
• Blanche SewellEditor

Boom Town - Trailer

Release date

August 30, 1940

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 59m

Rated

NR

Budget

$1,600,000

Revenue

$5,000,000

Genres

Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western

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