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