Boom Town
30/08/1940
2h

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


Clark Gable
Big John McMasters


Spencer Tracy
Square John Sand


Claudette Colbert
Betsy Bartlett


Hedy Lamarr
Karen Vanmeer


Frank Morgan
Luther Aldrich


Lionel Atwill
Harry Compton


Chill Wills
Harmony Jones


Marion Martin
Whitey


Minna Gombell
Spanish Eva


Joe Yule
Ed Murphy


Horace Murphy
Tom Murphy


Marietta Canty
Maid


Curt Bois
Ferdie the Tailor


Richard Lane
Assistant D.A.


George Lessey
Judge


Sara Haden
Miss Barnes


Frank Orth
Barber


Charles Coleman
McMasters' Butler


Nell Craig
Compton's Secretary


Byron Foulger
Geologist


Harry Hayden
Architect


Eddy Waller
Hotel Desk Clerk in Burkburnett


Roy Gordon
McCreery
Casey Johnson
Little Jack
Baby Quintanilla
Baby Jack


Frank McGlynn Sr.
Deacon


Bess Flowers
Worker in McMasters' Office (uncredited)


Barbara Bedford
Nurse (uncredited)


Hank Bell
Hank - Man in Dance Hall (uncredited)


Charles D. Brown
U.S. Marshal Stebbins (uncredited)


Francis X. Bushman Jr.
Man with Nitroglycerine (uncredited)


Marietta Canty
Karen's Maid (uncredited)


Charles Coleman
Parker - McMasters' Butler (uncredited)
James Conaty
Man Working in McMasters' Office (uncredited)


Dick Curtis
Hiring Boss (uncredited)
Helen Dickson
Mrs. Summers (uncredited)


James Dime
Townsman (uncredited)


Eddie Dunn
Wildcatter (uncredited)


Franklyn Farnum
Alarmed Townsman (uncredited)


Pat Flaherty
Man at Dice Table (uncredited)
Sam Garrett
Rider / Roper (uncredited)


George Guhl
Baggage Man (uncredited)


Frank Hagney
Man Abandoned by Whitey (uncredited)


William Halligan
McCreery's Associate #2 (uncredited)


John Hamilton
McMasters' Defense Attorney (uncredited)
Tom Hanlon
Racetrack Announcer (voice) (uncredited)


Harry Hayden
Smith - the Architect (uncredited)


Holmes Herbert
Doctor (uncredited)


Howard Hickman
McCreery's Associate #1 (uncredited)


Earle Hodgins
Rodeo Barker (uncredited)


Shep Houghton
Saloon Brawler (uncredited)


Jack Ingram
Oilman at Producers' Convention (uncredited)
Sheldon Jett
Oil Man at Meeting (uncredited)


Robert Emmett Keane
Oilman in New York (uncredited)


Mitchell Lewis
Venezuelan Foreman (uncredited)


Tom London
Sheriff Harris (uncredited)


Frank McLure
Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)


Carlotta Monti
Saloon Hostess Fighting Whitey (uncredited)
Philip Morris
Oil Man (uncredited)


John T. Murray
Mr. Springtime (uncredited)


Wedgwood Nowell
Oilman at Producers' Convention (uncredited)
Ted Oliver
Man Asking 4 Bits to Cross (uncredited)


Nestor Paiva
Venezuelan Officer (uncredited)


Milton Parsons
Aldrich's Assistant (uncredited)


Lee Phelps
Man Fighting Oil Fire (uncredited)
Henry Roquemore
Mr. Summers (uncredited)


Larry Steers
Lawyer at Prosecution's Table (uncredited)


Bert Stevens
Hotel Lobby Extra (uncredited)


William Tannen
Hotel Desk Clerk #1 (uncredited)


Eddy Waller
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)


Harry Wilson
Townsman (uncredited)


Tom Wilson
Man in Saloon (uncredited)


Douglas Wood
Oil Man at New York Meeting (uncredited)
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