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Boom Town
1940, Aug 30
1h 59m
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.
Directed by
Jack Conway
Clark Gable
Big John McMasters
Bess Flowers
Worker in McMasters' Office (uncredited)
Hedy Lamarr
Karen Vanmeer
Chill Wills
Harmony Jones
Claudette Colbert
Betsy Bartlett
Spencer Tracy
Square John Sand
Frank Morgan
Luther Aldrich
Nestor Paiva
Venezuelan Officer (uncredited)
Howard Hickman
McCreery's Associate #1 (uncredited)
Tom London
Sheriff Harris (uncredited)
John Hamilton
McMasters' Defense Attorney (uncredited)
Shep Houghton
Saloon Brawler (uncredited)
Marietta Canty
Maid
Lee Phelps
Man Fighting Oil Fire (uncredited)
Earle Hodgins
Rodeo Barker (uncredited)
Hank Bell
Hank - Man in Dance Hall (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
Geologist
Bert Stevens
Hotel Lobby Extra (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
Alarmed Townsman (uncredited)
Barbara Bedford
Nurse (uncredited)
Douglas Wood
Oil Man at New York Meeting (uncredited)
Lionel Atwill
Harry Compton
James Dime
Townsman (uncredited)
Milton Parsons
Aldrich's Assistant (uncredited)
Richard Lane
Assistant D.A.
Sara Haden
Miss Barnes
Mitchell Lewis
Venezuelan Foreman (uncredited)
Eddy Waller
Hotel Desk Clerk in Burkburnett
Curt Bois
Ferdie the Tailor
Nell Craig
Compton's Secretary
Robert Emmett Keane
Oilman in New York (uncredited)
Marion Martin
Whitey
Charles D. Brown
U.S. Marshal Stebbins (uncredited)
Minna Gombell
Spanish Eva
Frank Orth
Barber
Frank McGlynn Sr.
Deacon
Eddie Dunn
Wildcatter (uncredited)
Harry Hayden
Architect
William Tannen
Hotel Desk Clerk #1 (uncredited)
Frank Hagney
Man Abandoned by Whitey (uncredited)
Holmes Herbert
Doctor (uncredited)
Francis X. Bushman Jr.
Man with Nitroglycerine (uncredited)
Tom Wilson
Man in Saloon (uncredited)
Charles Coleman
McMasters' Butler
Roy Gordon
McCreery
Larry Steers
Lawyer at Prosecution's Table (uncredited)
Jack Ingram
Oilman at Producers' Convention (uncredited)
Harry Wilson
Townsman (uncredited)
John T. Murray
Mr. Springtime (uncredited)
George Guhl
Baggage Man (uncredited)
Frank McLure
Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
Pat Flaherty
Man at Dice Table (uncredited)
Horace Murphy
Tom Murphy
Dick Curtis
Hiring Boss (uncredited)
George Lessey
Judge
Joe Yule
Ed Murphy
William Halligan
McCreery's Associate #2 (uncredited)
Wedgwood Nowell
Oilman at Producers' Convention (uncredited)
Carlotta Monti
Saloon Hostess Fighting Whitey (uncredited)
Casey Johnson
Little Jack
Baby Quintanilla
Baby Jack
James Conaty
Man Working in McMasters' Office (uncredited)
Helen Dickson
Mrs. Summers (uncredited)
Sam Garrett
Rider / Roper (uncredited)
Tom Hanlon
Racetrack Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Sheldon Jett
Oil Man at Meeting (uncredited)
Philip Morris
Oil Man (uncredited)
Ted Oliver
Man Asking 4 Bits to Cross (uncredited)
Henry Roquemore
Mr. Summers (uncredited)
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