Boom Town

Boom Town (1940)

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

Adventure Drama Romance Western

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.

star 6.9
  • Release Date: 1940-08-30
  • Runtime: 1h 59min
  • Director: Jack Conway

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Cast

  • 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)

  • Sam Garrett

    Rider / Roper (uncredited)

  • George Guhl

    Baggage Man (uncredited)

  • Frank Hagney

    Man Abandoned by Whitey (uncredited)

  • William Halligan

    McCreery's Associate #2 (uncredited)

  • John Hamilton

    McMasters' Defense Attorney (uncredited)

  • Tom Hanlon

    Racetrack Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

  • Harry Hayden

    Smith - the Architect (uncredited)

  • Holmes Herbert

    Doctor (uncredited)

  • Howard Hickman

    McCreery's Associate #1 (uncredited)

  • Earle Hodgins

    Rodeo Barker (uncredited)

  • Shep Houghton

    Saloon Brawler (uncredited)

  • Jack Ingram

    Oilman at Producers' Convention (uncredited)

  • Sheldon Jett

    Oil Man at Meeting (uncredited)

  • Robert Emmett Keane

    Oilman in New York (uncredited)

  • Mitchell Lewis

    Venezuelan Foreman (uncredited)

  • Tom London

    Sheriff Harris (uncredited)

  • Frank McLure

    Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)

  • Carlotta Monti

    Saloon Hostess Fighting Whitey (uncredited)

  • Philip Morris

    Oil Man (uncredited)

  • John T. Murray

    Mr. Springtime (uncredited)

  • Wedgwood Nowell

    Oilman at Producers' Convention (uncredited)

  • Ted Oliver

    Man Asking 4 Bits to Cross (uncredited)

  • Nestor Paiva

    Venezuelan Officer (uncredited)

  • Milton Parsons

    Aldrich's Assistant (uncredited)

  • Lee Phelps

    Man Fighting Oil Fire (uncredited)

  • Henry Roquemore

    Mr. Summers (uncredited)

  • Larry Steers

    Lawyer at Prosecution's Table (uncredited)

  • Bert Stevens

    Hotel Lobby Extra (uncredited)

  • William Tannen

    Hotel Desk Clerk #1 (uncredited)

  • Eddy Waller

    Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

  • Harry Wilson

    Townsman (uncredited)

  • Tom Wilson

    Man in Saloon (uncredited)

  • Douglas Wood

    Oil Man at New York Meeting (uncredited)

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