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