Boom Town
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.
Crew and Cast
Jack ConwayDirector
Clark GableBig John McMasters
Spencer TracySquare John Sand
Claudette ColbertBetsy Bartlett
Hedy LamarrKaren Vanmeer
Frank MorganLuther Aldrich
Lionel AtwillHarry Compton
Chill WillsHarmony Jones
Marion MartinWhitey
Minna GombellSpanish Eva
Joe YuleEd Murphy
Horace MurphyTom Murphy
Marietta CantyMaid
Curt BoisFerdie the Tailor
Richard LaneAssistant D.A.
George LesseyJudge
Sara HadenMiss Barnes
Frank OrthBarber
Charles ColemanMcMasters' Butler
Nell CraigCompton's Secretary
Byron FoulgerGeologist
Harry HaydenArchitect
Eddy WallerHotel Desk Clerk in Burkburnett
Roy GordonMcCreeryCasey JohnsonLittle Jack
Baby QuintanillaBaby Jack
Frank McGlynn Sr.Deacon
Bess FlowersWorker in McMasters' Office
Barbara BedfordNurse
Hank BellHank · Man in Dance Hall
Charles D. BrownU.S. Marshal Stebbins
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Info
- Status
- Released
- Released
- 30 August 1940
- Runtime
- 1h 59m
- Rating
- NR
- TMDB score
- 7.0 / 10 (64 votes)
Production
- Director
- Jack Conway
- Writers
- John Lee Mahin, James Edward Grant
- Studios
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Countries
- United States of America
Box Office
- Budget
- $1.6M
- Revenue
- $5.0M
- Profit
- $3.4M
- Return
- 3.1×
Languages
- Original
- English
- Spoken
- English