Boom Town
Where Men Are Rough And Tough . . . And Like Their Women The Same Way !
1940-08-30 | 119 minutes
Plot Summary
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.
Cast
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Clark GableBig John McMasters
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Spencer TracySquare John Sand
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Claudette ColbertBetsy Bartlett
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Hedy LamarrKaren Vanmeer
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Frank MorganLuther Aldrich
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Lionel AtwillHarry Compton
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Chill WillsHarmony Jones
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Marion MartinWhitey
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Minna GombellSpanish Eva
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Joe YuleEd Murphy
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Horace MurphyTom Murphy
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Marietta CantyMaid
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Curt BoisFerdie the Tailor
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Richard LaneAssistant D.A.
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George LesseyJudge
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Sara HadenMiss Barnes
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Frank OrthBarber
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Charles ColemanMcMasters' Butler
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Nell CraigCompton's Secretary
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Byron FoulgerGeologist
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