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