Boom Town
Where Men Are Rough And Tough . . . And Like Their Women The Same Way !
1940 · 1h 59m · PASSED
Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
Directed by
Jack Conway
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Jack Conway Director
- Clark Gable as Big John McMasters
- Spencer Tracy as Square John Sand
- Claudette Colbert as Betsy Bartlett
- Hedy Lamarr as Karen Vanmeer
- Frank Morgan as Luther Aldrich
- Lionel Atwill as Harry Compton
- Chill Wills as Harmony Jones
- Bess Flowers as Worker in McMasters' New York Office
- Marion Martin as Whitey
- Minna Gombell as Spanish Eva
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