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