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