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