Backdrop

Boom Town

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.

1940 |1h 59m |  Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western

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Cast

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Clark Gable

Big John McMasters

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Spencer Tracy

Square John Sand

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Claudette Colbert

Betsy Bartlett

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Hedy Lamarr

Karen Vanmeer

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Frank Morgan

Luther Aldrich

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Lionel Atwill

Harry Compton

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Chill Wills

Harmony Jones

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Marion Martin

Whitey

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Minna Gombell

Spanish Eva

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Joe Yule

Ed Murphy

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Horace Murphy

Tom Murphy

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Marietta Canty

Maid

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Curt Bois

Ferdie the Tailor

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Richard Lane

Assistant D.A.

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George Lessey

Judge

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Sara Haden

Miss Barnes

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Frank Orth

Barber

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Charles Coleman

McMasters' Butler

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Nell Craig

Compton's Secretary

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Byron Foulger

Geologist

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Harry Hayden

Architect

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Eddy Waller

Hotel Desk Clerk in Burkburnett

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Roy Gordon

McCreery

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Frank McGlynn Sr.

Deacon

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Bess Flowers

Worker in McMasters' Office (uncredited)

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Barbara Bedford

Nurse (uncredited)

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Hank Bell

Hank - Man in Dance Hall (uncredited)

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Charles D. Brown

U.S. Marshal Stebbins (uncredited)

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Francis X. Bushman Jr.

Man with Nitroglycerine (uncredited)

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Marietta Canty

Karen's Maid (uncredited)

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Charles Coleman

Parker - McMasters' Butler (uncredited)

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Dick Curtis

Hiring Boss (uncredited)

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James Dime

Townsman (uncredited)

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Eddie Dunn

Wildcatter (uncredited)

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Franklyn Farnum

Alarmed Townsman (uncredited)

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Pat Flaherty

Man at Dice Table (uncredited)

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George Guhl

Baggage Man (uncredited)

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Frank Hagney

Man Abandoned by Whitey (uncredited)

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William Halligan

McCreery's Associate #2 (uncredited)

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John Hamilton

McMasters' Defense Attorney (uncredited)

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Harry Hayden

Smith - the Architect (uncredited)

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Holmes Herbert

Doctor (uncredited)

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Howard Hickman

McCreery's Associate #1 (uncredited)

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Earle Hodgins

Rodeo Barker (uncredited)

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Shep Houghton

Saloon Brawler (uncredited)

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Jack Ingram

Oilman at Producers' Convention (uncredited)

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Robert Emmett Keane

Oilman in New York (uncredited)

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Mitchell Lewis

Venezuelan Foreman (uncredited)

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Tom London

Sheriff Harris (uncredited)

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Frank McLure

Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)

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Carlotta Monti

Saloon Hostess Fighting Whitey (uncredited)

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John T. Murray

Mr. Springtime (uncredited)

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Wedgwood Nowell

Oilman at Producers' Convention (uncredited)

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Ted Oliver

Man Asking 4 Bits to Cross (uncredited)

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Nestor Paiva

Venezuelan Officer (uncredited)

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Milton Parsons

Aldrich's Assistant (uncredited)

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Lee Phelps

Man Fighting Oil Fire (uncredited)

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Larry Steers

Lawyer at Prosecution's Table (uncredited)

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Bert Stevens

Hotel Lobby Extra (uncredited)

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William Tannen

Hotel Desk Clerk #1 (uncredited)

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Eddy Waller

Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

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Harry Wilson

Townsman (uncredited)

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Tom Wilson

Man in Saloon (uncredited)

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Douglas Wood

Oil Man at New York Meeting (uncredited)

More Details

Status

Released

Language

English

Budget

$1,600,000.00

Revenue

$5,000,000.00