Boom Town poster

Boom Town( 1940)

TV-MAAdventureDramaRomanceWestern
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Where Men Are Rough And Tough . . . And Like Their Women The Same Way !

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Clark Gable

      Big John McMasters

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      Spencer Tracy

      Square John Sand

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      Claudette Colbert

      Betsy Bartlett

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      Hedy Lamarr

      Karen Vanmeer

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      Frank Morgan

      Luther Aldrich

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      Lionel Atwill

      Harry Compton

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      Chill Wills

      Harmony Jones

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      Marion Martin

      Whitey

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      Minna Gombell

      Spanish Eva

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      Joe Yule

      Ed Murphy

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      Horace Murphy

      Tom Murphy

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      Marietta Canty

      Maid

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      Curt Bois

      Ferdie the Tailor

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      Richard Lane

      Assistant D.A.

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      George Lessey

      Judge

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      Sara Haden

      Miss Barnes

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      Frank Orth

      Barber

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      Charles Coleman

      McMasters' Butler

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      Nell Craig

      Compton's Secretary

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      Byron Foulger

      Geologist

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      Harry Hayden

      Architect

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      Eddy Waller

      Hotel Desk Clerk in Burkburnett

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      Roy Gordon

      McCreery

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      Casey Johnson

      Little Jack

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      Baby Quintanilla

      Baby Jack

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      Frank McGlynn Sr.

      Deacon

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      Bess Flowers

      Worker in McMasters' Office (uncredited)

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      Barbara Bedford

      Nurse (uncredited)

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      Hank Bell

      Hank - Man in Dance Hall (uncredited)

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      Charles D. Brown

      U.S. Marshal Stebbins (uncredited)

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      Francis X. Bushman Jr.

      Man with Nitroglycerine (uncredited)

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      Marietta Canty

      Karen's Maid (uncredited)

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      Charles Coleman

      Parker - McMasters' Butler (uncredited)

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      James Conaty

      Man Working in McMasters' Office (uncredited)

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      Dick Curtis

      Hiring Boss (uncredited)

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      Helen Dickson

      Mrs. Summers (uncredited)

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      James Dime

      Townsman (uncredited)

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      Eddie Dunn

      Wildcatter (uncredited)

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      Franklyn Farnum

      Alarmed Townsman (uncredited)

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      Pat Flaherty

      Man at Dice Table (uncredited)

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      Sam Garrett

      Rider / Roper (uncredited)

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      George Guhl

      Baggage Man (uncredited)

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      Frank Hagney

      Man Abandoned by Whitey (uncredited)

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      William Halligan

      McCreery's Associate #2 (uncredited)

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      John Hamilton

      McMasters' Defense Attorney (uncredited)

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      Tom Hanlon

      Racetrack Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

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      Harry Hayden

      Smith - the Architect (uncredited)

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      Holmes Herbert

      Doctor (uncredited)

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      Howard Hickman

      McCreery's Associate #1 (uncredited)

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      Earle Hodgins

      Rodeo Barker (uncredited)

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      Shep Houghton

      Saloon Brawler (uncredited)

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      Jack Ingram

      Oilman at Producers' Convention (uncredited)

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      Sheldon Jett

      Oil Man at Meeting (uncredited)

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      Robert Emmett Keane

      Oilman in New York (uncredited)

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      Mitchell Lewis

      Venezuelan Foreman (uncredited)

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      Tom London

      Sheriff Harris (uncredited)

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      Frank McLure

      Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)

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      Carlotta Monti

      Saloon Hostess Fighting Whitey (uncredited)

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      Philip Morris

      Oil Man (uncredited)

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      John T. Murray

      Mr. Springtime (uncredited)

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      Wedgwood Nowell

      Oilman at Producers' Convention (uncredited)

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      Ted Oliver

      Man Asking 4 Bits to Cross (uncredited)

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      Nestor Paiva

      Venezuelan Officer (uncredited)

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      Milton Parsons

      Aldrich's Assistant (uncredited)

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      Lee Phelps

      Man Fighting Oil Fire (uncredited)

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      Henry Roquemore

      Mr. Summers (uncredited)

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      Larry Steers

      Lawyer at Prosecution's Table (uncredited)

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      Bert Stevens

      Hotel Lobby Extra (uncredited)

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      William Tannen

      Hotel Desk Clerk #1 (uncredited)

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      Eddy Waller

      Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

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      Harry Wilson

      Townsman (uncredited)

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      Tom Wilson

      Man in Saloon (uncredited)

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      Douglas Wood

      Oil Man at New York Meeting (uncredited)

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    A review by talisencrw

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    Written by talisencrw on Thu Mar 03 2016
    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 being a prospector of black gold in early 20th-century America. Very enjoyable and thoroughly recommended....

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    1600000.00

    Revenue

    5000000.00

    Keywords

    • partnership
    • oil
    • oil tycoon
    • wildcatter
    • oil field