Boom Town
Where Men Are Rough And Tough . . . And Like Their Women The Same Way !
1940 | 119m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Jack Conway |
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| Writer: | John Lee Mahin, James Edward Grant |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Aug 30, 1940 |
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| Director: | Jack Conway |
| Writer: | John Lee Mahin, James Edward Grant |
| Genres: | Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western |
| Keywords | partnership, oil, oil tycoon, wildcatter, oil field |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $5,000,000
Budget: $1,600,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 02, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Clark Gable | Big John McMasters |
| Spencer Tracy | Square John Sand |
| Claudette Colbert | Betsy Bartlett |
| Hedy Lamarr | Karen Vanmeer |
| Frank Morgan | Luther Aldrich |
| Lionel Atwill | Harry Compton |
| Chill Wills | Harmony Jones |
| Marion Martin | Whitey |
| Minna Gombell | Spanish Eva |
| Joe Yule | Ed Murphy |
| Horace Murphy | Tom Murphy |
| Marietta Canty | Maid |
| Curt Bois | Ferdie the Tailor |
| Richard Lane | Assistant D.A. |
| George Lessey | Judge |
| Sara Haden | Miss Barnes |
| Frank Orth | Barber |
| Charles Coleman | McMasters' Butler |
| Nell Craig | Compton's Secretary |
| Byron Foulger | Geologist |
| Harry Hayden | Architect |
| Eddy Waller | Hotel Desk Clerk in Burkburnett |
| Roy Gordon | McCreery |
| Casey Johnson | Little Jack |
| Baby Quintanilla | Baby Jack |
| Frank McGlynn Sr. | Deacon |
| Bess Flowers | Worker in McMasters' Office (uncredited) |
| Barbara Bedford | Nurse (uncredited) |
| Hank Bell | Hank - Man in Dance Hall (uncredited) |
| Charles D. Brown | U.S. Marshal Stebbins (uncredited) |
| Francis X. Bushman Jr. | Man with Nitroglycerine (uncredited) |
| Marietta Canty | Karen's Maid (uncredited) |
| Charles Coleman | Parker - McMasters' Butler (uncredited) |
| James Conaty | Man Working in McMasters' Office (uncredited) |
| Dick Curtis | Hiring Boss (uncredited) |
| Helen Dickson | Mrs. Summers (uncredited) |
| James Dime | Townsman (uncredited) |
| Eddie Dunn | Wildcatter (uncredited) |
| Franklyn Farnum | Alarmed Townsman (uncredited) |
| Pat Flaherty | Man at Dice Table (uncredited) |
| Sam Garrett | Rider / Roper (uncredited) |
| George Guhl | Baggage Man (uncredited) |
| Frank Hagney | Man Abandoned by Whitey (uncredited) |
| William Halligan | McCreery's Associate #2 (uncredited) |
| John Hamilton | McMasters' Defense Attorney (uncredited) |
| Tom Hanlon | Racetrack Announcer (voice) (uncredited) |
| Harry Hayden | Smith - the Architect (uncredited) |
| Holmes Herbert | Doctor (uncredited) |
| Howard Hickman | McCreery's Associate #1 (uncredited) |
| Earle Hodgins | Rodeo Barker (uncredited) |
| Shep Houghton | Saloon Brawler (uncredited) |
| Jack Ingram | Oilman at Producers' Convention (uncredited) |
| Sheldon Jett | Oil Man at Meeting (uncredited) |
| Robert Emmett Keane | Oilman in New York (uncredited) |
| Mitchell Lewis | Venezuelan Foreman (uncredited) |
| Tom London | Sheriff Harris (uncredited) |
| Frank McLure | Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited) |
| Carlotta Monti | Saloon Hostess Fighting Whitey (uncredited) |
| Philip Morris | Oil Man (uncredited) |
| John T. Murray | Mr. Springtime (uncredited) |
| Wedgwood Nowell | Oilman at Producers' Convention (uncredited) |
| Ted Oliver | Man Asking 4 Bits to Cross (uncredited) |
| Nestor Paiva | Venezuelan Officer (uncredited) |
| Milton Parsons | Aldrich's Assistant (uncredited) |
| Lee Phelps | Man Fighting Oil Fire (uncredited) |
| Henry Roquemore | Mr. Summers (uncredited) |
| Larry Steers | Lawyer at Prosecution's Table (uncredited) |
| Bert Stevens | Hotel Lobby Extra (uncredited) |
| William Tannen | Hotel Desk Clerk #1 (uncredited) |
| Eddy Waller | Hotel Clerk (uncredited) |
| Harry Wilson | Townsman (uncredited) |
| Tom Wilson | Man in Saloon (uncredited) |
| Douglas Wood | Oil Man at New York Meeting (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| John Lee Mahin | Screenplay |
| Harold Rosson | Director of Photography |
| Franz Waxman | Original Music Composer |
| James Edward Grant | Story |
| Edwin B. Willis | Set Decoration |
| A. Arnold Gillespie | Special Effects |
| Jack Conway | Director |
| Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Sydney Guilaroff | Hairstylist |
| Adrian | Costume Designer |
| Blanche Sewell | Editor |
| Gile Steele | Costumer |
| John Hoffman | Special Effects |
| Douglas Shearer | Sound Recordist |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Sam Zimbalist | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 6 |
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9.0
Clark Gable has outstanding rapport both with Claudette Colbert, whom he was with in It Happened One Night, and Spencer Tracy, whom he had acted with before in the disaster flick San Francisco, in this fine film which would make an excellent double-bill with There Will Be Blood, for the price of bei ... ng a prospector of black gold in early 20th-century America. Very enjoyable and thoroughly recommended.
Jun 23, 2021