Boom Town (1940)
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:
Jack Conway
Writer:
John Lee Mahin
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Clark Gable as Big John McMasters |
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Spencer Tracy as Square John Sand |
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Claudette Colbert as Betsy Bartlett |
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Hedy Lamarr as Karen Vanmeer |
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Frank Morgan as Luther Aldrich |
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Lionel Atwill as Harry Compton |
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Chill Wills as Harmony Jones |
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Marion Martin as Whitey |
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Minna Gombell as Spanish Eva |
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Joe Yule as Ed Murphy |
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Horace Murphy as Tom Murphy |
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Marietta Canty as Maid |
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Curt Bois as Ferdie the Tailor |
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Richard Lane as Assistant D.A. |
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George Lessey as Judge |
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Sara Haden as Miss Barnes |
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Frank Orth as Barber |
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Charles Coleman as McMasters' Butler |
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Nell Craig as Compton's Secretary |
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Byron Foulger as Geologist |
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Harry Hayden as Architect |
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Eddy Waller as Hotel Desk Clerk in Burkburnett |
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Roy Gordon as McCreery |
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Casey Johnson as Little Jack |
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Baby Quintanilla as Baby Jack |
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Frank McGlynn Sr. as Deacon |
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Bess Flowers as Worker in McMasters' Office (uncredited) |
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Barbara Bedford as Nurse (uncredited) |
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Hank Bell as Hank - Man in Dance Hall (uncredited) |
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Charles D. Brown as U.S. Marshal Stebbins (uncredited) |
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Francis X. Bushman Jr. as Man with Nitroglycerine (uncredited) |
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Marietta Canty as Karen's Maid (uncredited) |
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Charles Coleman as Parker - McMasters' Butler (uncredited) |
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James Conaty as Man Working in McMasters' Office (uncredited) |
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Dick Curtis as Hiring Boss (uncredited) |
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Helen Dickson as Mrs. Summers (uncredited) |
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Jimmy Dime as Townsman (uncredited) |
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Eddie Dunn as Wildcatter (uncredited) |
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Franklyn Farnum as Alarmed Townsman (uncredited) |
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Pat Flaherty as Man at Dice Table (uncredited) |
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Sam Garrett as Rider / Roper (uncredited) |
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George Guhl as Baggage Man (uncredited) |
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Frank Hagney as Man Abandoned by Whitey (uncredited) |
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William Halligan as McCreery's Associate #2 (uncredited) |
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John Hamilton as McMasters' Defense Attorney (uncredited) |
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Tom Hanlon as Racetrack Announcer (voice) (uncredited) |
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Harry Hayden as Smith - the Architect (uncredited) |
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Holmes Herbert as Doctor (uncredited) |
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Howard Hickman as McCreery's Associate #1 (uncredited) |
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Earle Hodgins as Rodeo Barker (uncredited) |
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Shep Houghton as Saloon Brawler (uncredited) |
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Jack Ingram as Oilman at Producers' Convention (uncredited) |
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Sheldon Jett as Oil Man at Meeting (uncredited) |
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Robert Emmett Keane as Oilman in New York (uncredited) |
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Mitchell Lewis as Venezuelan Foreman (uncredited) |
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Tom London as Sheriff Harris (uncredited) |
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Frank McLure as Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited) |
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Carlotta Monti as Saloon Hostess Fighting Whitey (uncredited) |
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Philip Morris as Oil Man (uncredited) |
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John T. Murray as Mr. Springtime (uncredited) |
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Wedgwood Nowell as Oilman at Producers' Convention (uncredited) |
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Ted Oliver as Man Asking 4 Bits to Cross (uncredited) |
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Nestor Paiva as Venezuelan Officer (uncredited) |
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Milton Parsons as Aldrich's Assistant (uncredited) |
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Lee Phelps as Man Fighting Oil Fire (uncredited) |
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Henry Roquemore as Mr. Summers (uncredited) |
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Larry Steers as Lawyer at Prosecution's Table (uncredited) |
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Bert Stevens as Hotel Lobby Extra (uncredited) |
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William Tannen as Hotel Desk Clerk #1 (uncredited) |
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Eddy Waller as Hotel Clerk (uncredited) |
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Harry Wilson as Townsman (uncredited) |
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Tom Wilson as Man in Saloon (uncredited) |
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Douglas Wood as Oil Man at New York Meeting (uncredited) |
| Directing | Jack Conway | Director |
| Writing | John Lee Mahin | Screenplay |
| Writing | James Edward Grant | Story |
| Art | Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Production | Sam Zimbalist | Producer |
| Art | Edwin B. Willis | Set Decoration |
| Crew | A. Arnold Gillespie | Special Effects |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sydney Guilaroff | Hairstylist |
| Editing | Blanche Sewell | Editor |
| Camera | Harold Rosson | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Franz Waxman | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Adrian | Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gile Steele | Costumer |
| Sound | Douglas Shearer | Sound Recordist |
| Crew | John Hoffman | Special Effects |
