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