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