Boom Town
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“Where Men Are Rough And Tough . . . And Like Their Women The Same Way !”
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.
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Cast
69 people
Clark Gable
Big John McMasters
Known for
Gone with the Wind
It Happened One Night
Spencer Tracy
Square John Sand
Known for
Judgment at Nuremberg
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Claudette Colbert
Betsy Bartlett
Known for
It Happened One Night
The Palm Beach Story
Hedy Lamarr
Karen Vanmeer
Known for
Samson and Delilah
Ecstasy
Frank Morgan
Luther Aldrich
Known for
The Wizard of Oz
The Shop Around the Corner
Lionel Atwill
Harry Compton
Known for
To Be or Not to Be
Mystery of the Wax Museum
Chill Wills
Harmony Jones
Known for
Giant
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Marion Martin
Whitey
Known for
The Big Store
Black Angel
Minna Gombell
Spanish Eva
Known for
The Thin Man
Block-Heads
Joe Yule
Ed Murphy
Also in
Bringing Up Father
Jiggs and Maggie Out West
Horace Murphy
Tom Murphy
Also in
Riders of the Rockies
Rollin' Westward
Marietta Canty
Maid / Karen's Maid (uncredited)
Known for
Rebel Without a Cause
Father of the Bride
Jack Conway Director · John Lee Mahin Screenplay James Edward Grant Story
Worldwide gross $5M · Budget $1.6M · United States release August 30, 1940
Box office
Budget
$1,600,000
Worldwide gross
$5,000,000
Gross vs. budget
3.1×
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · August 30, 1940
Theatrical
Portugal
January 6, 1942 · Theatrical
Sweden
March 4, 1941 · Theatrical
XC
July 11, 1947 · Theatrical
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