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Boom Town
(1940)Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
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1hrs 59m
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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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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