Boom Town (1940)
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.
Release Date: 1940-08-30
Runtime: 119 minutes
Director: Jack Conway
Budget: $1,600,000 USD
Revenue: $5,000,000 USD
Top Cast
- Clark Gable as Big John McMasters
- Spencer Tracy as Square John Sand
- Claudette Colbert as Betsy Bartlett
- Hedy Lamarr as Karen Vanmeer
- Frank Morgan as Luther Aldrich
- Lionel Atwill as Harry Compton
- Chill Wills as Harmony Jones
- Marion Martin as Whitey
- Minna Gombell as Spanish Eva
- Joe Yule as Ed Murphy
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