Boom Town
1940 • Adventure | Drama
James Edward Grant
Story
Jack Conway
Director
Status
Released
Release date
August 30, 1940
Duration
119 Min
Language
en
Popularity
6.96
Budget
$1,600,000
Revenue
$5,000,000
Overview
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
Spencer Tracy
Claudette Colbert
Hedy Lamarr
Frank Morgan
Lionel Atwill
Chill Wills
Marion Martin
Minna Gombell
Joe Yule
Horace Murphy
Marietta Canty
Curt Bois
Richard Lane
George Lessey
Sara Haden
Frank Orth
Charles Coleman
Nell Craig
Byron Foulger
Harry Hayden
Eddy Waller
Roy Gordon
Frank McGlynn Sr.
Bess Flowers
Barbara Bedford
Hank Bell
Charles D. Brown
Francis X. Bushman Jr.
Marietta Canty
Charles Coleman
Dick Curtis
James Dime
Eddie Dunn
Franklyn Farnum
Pat Flaherty
George Guhl
Frank Hagney
William Halligan
John Hamilton
Harry Hayden
Holmes Herbert
Howard Hickman
Earle Hodgins
Shep Houghton
Jack Ingram
Robert Emmett Keane
Mitchell Lewis
Tom London
Frank McLure
Carlotta Monti
John T. Murray
Wedgwood Nowell
Nestor Paiva
Milton Parsons
Lee Phelps
Larry Steers
Bert Stevens
William Tannen
Eddy Waller
Harry Wilson
Tom Wilson
Douglas Wood
