Boom Town (1940)

08/30/1940 (US) • 1h 59m

Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western

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

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.

Top Billed 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


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$1,600,000.00

Revenue

$5,000,000.00

Keywords

partnership

oil

oil tycoon

wildcatter

oil field

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