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Boom Town
Dir. Jack Conway
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Boom Town
“Where Men Are Rough And Tough . . . And Like Their Women The Same Way !”
Adventure
Drama
Romance
Western
Director
Jack Conway
Screenplay
John Lee Mahin, James Edward Grant
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.
Release
Aug 30, 1940
Budget
$2M
Revenue
$5M
Country
United States of America
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
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.
Sara Haden
Miss Barnes
Frank Orth
Barber
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