Boom Town

Boom Town (1940)

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

  • Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
  • Release Date: 1940-08-30
  • User Rating: 6.9/10 from 51 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 59min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Jack Conway
star 6.9/10
From 51 Ratings

Summary

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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  • 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

  • Horace Murphy

    as Tom Murphy

  • Marietta Canty

    as Maid

  • Curt Bois

    as Ferdie the Tailor

  • Richard Lane

    as Assistant D.A.

  • George Lessey

    as Judge

  • Sara Haden

    as Miss Barnes

  • Frank Orth

    as Barber

  • Charles Coleman

    as McMasters' Butler

  • Nell Craig

    as Compton's Secretary

  • Byron Foulger

    as Geologist

  • Harry Hayden

    as Architect

  • Eddy Waller

    as Hotel Desk Clerk in Burkburnett

  • Roy Gordon

    as McCreery

  • Casey Johnson

    as Little Jack

  • Baby Quintanilla

    as Baby Jack

  • Frank McGlynn Sr.

    as Deacon

  • Bess Flowers

    as Worker in McMasters' Office (uncredited)

  • Barbara Bedford

    as Nurse (uncredited)

  • Hank Bell

    as Hank - Man in Dance Hall (uncredited)

  • Charles D. Brown

    as U.S. Marshal Stebbins (uncredited)

  • Francis X. Bushman Jr.

    as Man with Nitroglycerine (uncredited)

  • Marietta Canty

    as Karen's Maid (uncredited)

  • Charles Coleman

    as Parker - McMasters' Butler (uncredited)

  • James Conaty

    as Man Working in McMasters' Office (uncredited)

  • Dick Curtis

    as Hiring Boss (uncredited)

  • Helen Dickson

    as Mrs. Summers (uncredited)

  • James Dime

    as Townsman (uncredited)

  • Eddie Dunn

    as Wildcatter (uncredited)

  • Franklyn Farnum

    as Alarmed Townsman (uncredited)

  • Pat Flaherty

    as Man at Dice Table (uncredited)

  • Sam Garrett

    as Rider / Roper (uncredited)

  • George Guhl

    as Baggage Man (uncredited)

  • Frank Hagney

    as Man Abandoned by Whitey (uncredited)

  • William Halligan

    as McCreery's Associate #2 (uncredited)

  • John Hamilton

    as McMasters' Defense Attorney (uncredited)

  • Tom Hanlon

    as Racetrack Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

  • Harry Hayden

    as Smith - the Architect (uncredited)

  • Holmes Herbert

    as Doctor (uncredited)

  • Howard Hickman

    as McCreery's Associate #1 (uncredited)

  • Earle Hodgins

    as Rodeo Barker (uncredited)

  • Shep Houghton

    as Saloon Brawler (uncredited)

  • Jack Ingram

    as Oilman at Producers' Convention (uncredited)

  • Sheldon Jett

    as Oil Man at Meeting (uncredited)

  • Robert Emmett Keane

    as Oilman in New York (uncredited)

  • Mitchell Lewis

    as Venezuelan Foreman (uncredited)

  • Tom London

    as Sheriff Harris (uncredited)

  • Frank McLure

    as Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)

  • Carlotta Monti

    as Saloon Hostess Fighting Whitey (uncredited)

  • Philip Morris

    as Oil Man (uncredited)

  • John T. Murray

    as Mr. Springtime (uncredited)

  • Wedgwood Nowell

    as Oilman at Producers' Convention (uncredited)

  • Ted Oliver

    as Man Asking 4 Bits to Cross (uncredited)

  • Nestor Paiva

    as Venezuelan Officer (uncredited)

  • Milton Parsons

    as Aldrich's Assistant (uncredited)

  • Lee Phelps

    as Man Fighting Oil Fire (uncredited)

  • Henry Roquemore

    as Mr. Summers (uncredited)

  • Larry Steers

    as Lawyer at Prosecution's Table (uncredited)

  • Bert Stevens

    as Hotel Lobby Extra (uncredited)

  • William Tannen

    as Hotel Desk Clerk #1 (uncredited)

  • Eddy Waller

    as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

  • Harry Wilson

    as Townsman (uncredited)

  • Tom Wilson

    as Man in Saloon (uncredited)

  • Douglas Wood

    as Oil Man at New York Meeting (uncredited)
Directing Jack Conway Director
Writing John Lee Mahin Screenplay
Writing James Edward Grant Story
Art Cedric Gibbons Art Direction
Production Sam Zimbalist Producer
Art Edwin B. Willis Set Decoration
Crew A. Arnold Gillespie Special Effects
Costume & Make-Up Sydney Guilaroff Hairstylist
Editing Blanche Sewell Editor
Camera Harold Rosson Director of Photography
Sound Franz Waxman Original Music Composer
Costume & Make-Up Adrian Costume Designer
Costume & Make-Up Gile Steele Costumer
Sound Douglas Shearer Sound Recordist
Crew John Hoffman Special Effects

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