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Boom Town

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Calorie Rating: 167
Released: 1940-08-30
MPAA Rating: NR
Running Time: 119 Minutes
Budget: 1600000
Revenue 5000000
Studios: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,

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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 / Directors

Jack Conway

Director

Cast

Clark Gable

Character: Big John McMasters

Spencer Tracy

Character: Square John Sand

Claudette Colbert

Character: Betsy Bartlett

Hedy Lamarr

Character: Karen Vanmeer

Frank Morgan

Character: Luther Aldrich

Lionel Atwill

Character: Harry Compton

Chill Wills

Character: Harmony Jones

Marion Martin

Character: Whitey

Minna Gombell

Character: Spanish Eva

Joe Yule

Character: Ed Murphy

Horace Murphy

Character: Tom Murphy

Marietta Canty

Character: Maid

Curt Bois

Character: Ferdie the Tailor

Richard Lane

Character: Assistant D.A.

George Lessey

Character: Judge

Sara Haden

Character: Miss Barnes

Frank Orth

Character: Barber

Charles Coleman

Character: McMasters' Butler

Nell Craig

Character: Compton's Secretary

Byron Foulger

Character: Geologist

Harry Hayden

Character: Architect

Eddy Waller

Character: Hotel Desk Clerk in Burkburnett

Roy Gordon

Character: McCreery

Casey Johnson

Character: Little Jack

Baby Quintanilla

Character: Baby Jack

Frank McGlynn Sr.

Character: Deacon

Bess Flowers

Character: Worker in McMasters' Office (uncredited)

Barbara Bedford

Character: Nurse (uncredited)

Hank Bell

Character: Hank - Man in Dance Hall (uncredited)

Charles D. Brown

Character: U.S. Marshal Stebbins (uncredited)

Francis X. Bushman Jr.

Character: Man with Nitroglycerine (uncredited)

Marietta Canty

Character: Karen's Maid (uncredited)

Charles Coleman

Character: Parker - McMasters' Butler (uncredited)

James Conaty

Character: Man Working in McMasters' Office (uncredited)

Dick Curtis

Character: Hiring Boss (uncredited)

Helen Dickson

Character: Mrs. Summers (uncredited)

James Dime

Character: Townsman (uncredited)

Eddie Dunn

Character: Wildcatter (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum

Character: Alarmed Townsman (uncredited)

Pat Flaherty

Character: Man at Dice Table (uncredited)

Sam Garrett

Character: Rider / Roper (uncredited)

George Guhl

Character: Baggage Man (uncredited)

Frank Hagney

Character: Man Abandoned by Whitey (uncredited)

William Halligan

Character: McCreery's Associate #2 (uncredited)

John Hamilton

Character: McMasters' Defense Attorney (uncredited)

Tom Hanlon

Character: Racetrack Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

Harry Hayden

Character: Smith - the Architect (uncredited)

Holmes Herbert

Character: Doctor (uncredited)

Howard Hickman

Character: McCreery's Associate #1 (uncredited)

Earle Hodgins

Character: Rodeo Barker (uncredited)

Shep Houghton

Character: Saloon Brawler (uncredited)

Jack Ingram

Character: Oilman at Producers' Convention (uncredited)

Sheldon Jett

Character: Oil Man at Meeting (uncredited)

Robert Emmett Keane

Character: Oilman in New York (uncredited)

Mitchell Lewis

Character: Venezuelan Foreman (uncredited)

Tom London

Character: Sheriff Harris (uncredited)

Frank McLure

Character: Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)

Carlotta Monti

Character: Saloon Hostess Fighting Whitey (uncredited)

Philip Morris

Character: Oil Man (uncredited)

John T. Murray

Character: Mr. Springtime (uncredited)

Wedgwood Nowell

Character: Oilman at Producers' Convention (uncredited)

Ted Oliver

Character: Man Asking 4 Bits to Cross (uncredited)

Nestor Paiva

Character: Venezuelan Officer (uncredited)

Milton Parsons

Character: Aldrich's Assistant (uncredited)

Lee Phelps

Character: Man Fighting Oil Fire (uncredited)

Henry Roquemore

Character: Mr. Summers (uncredited)

Larry Steers

Character: Lawyer at Prosecution's Table (uncredited)

Bert Stevens

Character: Hotel Lobby Extra (uncredited)

William Tannen

Character: Hotel Desk Clerk #1 (uncredited)

Eddy Waller

Character: Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Harry Wilson

Character: Townsman (uncredited)

Tom Wilson

Character: Man in Saloon (uncredited)

Douglas Wood

Character: Oil Man at New York Meeting (uncredited)

Production and Crew

John Lee Mahin

Screenplay

James Edward Grant

Story

Blanche Sewell

Editor

Edwin B. Willis

Set Decoration

Sydney Guilaroff

Hairstylist

Sam Zimbalist

Producer

Harold Rosson

Director of Photography

Cedric Gibbons

Art Direction

A. Arnold Gillespie

Special Effects

Franz Waxman

Original Music Composer

Douglas Shearer

Sound Recordist

Adrian

Costume Designer

Gile Steele

Costumer

John Hoffman

Special Effects