Boom Town (1940)

Details

Original Title: Boom Town

Release Date: August 30, 1940

Runtime: 119 minutes

Budget: $1,600,000.0

Revenue: $5,000,000.0

Overview

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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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

Minna Gombell

Spanish Eva

Joe Yule

Ed Murphy

Curt Bois

Ferdie the Tailor

Richard Lane

Assistant D.A.

Sara Haden

Miss Barnes

Nell Craig

Compton's Secretary

Eddy Waller

Hotel Desk Clerk in Burkburnett

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)

Dick Curtis

Hiring Boss (uncredited)

Jimmy Dime

Townsman (uncredited)

Eddie Dunn

Wildcatter (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum

Alarmed Townsman (uncredited)

Pat Flaherty

Man at Dice Table (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)

Harry Hayden

Smith - the Architect (uncredited)

Holmes Herbert

Doctor (uncredited)

Howard Hickman

McCreery's Associate #1 (uncredited)

Earle Hodgins

Rodeo Barker (uncredited)

Crew

A. Arnold Gillespie

Special Effects

Douglas Shearer

Sound Recordist

Edwin B. Willis

Set Decoration

Cedric Gibbons

Art Direction

Harold Rosson

Director of Photography

Adrian

Costume Designer

Franz Waxman

Original Music Composer

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