Genres
Adventure , Drama , Romance , Western
Duration
119 min
Director
Jack Conway
Rating
6.9
Release Date
August 30, 1940
Boom Town
Original title: Boom Town
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We couldn’t find any streaming platforms offering this title right now.Synopsis
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.
Boom Town cast
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Clark Gable
Character:
Big John McMasters
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Spencer Tracy
Character:
Square John Sand
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Claudette Colbert
Character:
Betsy Bartlett
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Hedy Lamarr
Character:
Karen Vanmeer
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Frank Morgan
Character:
Luther Aldrich
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Lionel Atwill
Character:
Harry Compton
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Chill Wills
Character:
Harmony Jones
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Marion Martin
Character:
Whitey
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Minna Gombell
Character:
Spanish Eva
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Joe Yule
Character:
Ed Murphy
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Horace Murphy
Character:
Tom Murphy
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Marietta Canty
Character:
Maid
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Curt Bois
Character:
Ferdie the Tailor
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Richard Lane
Character:
Assistant D.A.
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George Lessey
Character:
Judge
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Sara Haden
Character:
Miss Barnes
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Frank Orth
Character:
Barber
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Charles Coleman
Character:
McMasters' Butler
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Nell Craig
Character:
Compton's Secretary
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Byron Foulger
Character:
Geologist
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Harry Hayden
Character:
Architect
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Eddy Waller
Character:
Hotel Desk Clerk in Burkburnett
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Roy Gordon
Character:
McCreery
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Casey Johnson
Character:
Little Jack
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Baby Quintanilla
Character:
Baby Jack
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Frank McGlynn Sr.
Character:
Deacon
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Bess Flowers
Character:
Worker in McMasters' Office (uncredited)
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Barbara Bedford
Character:
Nurse (uncredited)
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Hank Bell
Character:
Hank - Man in Dance Hall (uncredited)
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Charles D. Brown
Character:
U.S. Marshal Stebbins (uncredited)
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Francis X. Bushman Jr.
Character:
Man with Nitroglycerine (uncredited)
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Marietta Canty
Character:
Karen's Maid (uncredited)
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Charles Coleman
Character:
Parker - McMasters' Butler (uncredited)
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James Conaty
Character:
Man Working in McMasters' Office (uncredited)
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Dick Curtis
Character:
Hiring Boss (uncredited)
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Helen Dickson
Character:
Mrs. Summers (uncredited)
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James Dime
Character:
Townsman (uncredited)
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Eddie Dunn
Character:
Wildcatter (uncredited)
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Franklyn Farnum
Character:
Alarmed Townsman (uncredited)
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Pat Flaherty
Character:
Man at Dice Table (uncredited)
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Sam Garrett
Character:
Rider / Roper (uncredited)
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George Guhl
Character:
Baggage Man (uncredited)
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Frank Hagney
Character:
Man Abandoned by Whitey (uncredited)
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William Halligan
Character:
McCreery's Associate #2 (uncredited)
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John Hamilton
Character:
McMasters' Defense Attorney (uncredited)
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Tom Hanlon
Character:
Racetrack Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
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Harry Hayden
Character:
Smith - the Architect (uncredited)
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Holmes Herbert
Character:
Doctor (uncredited)
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Howard Hickman
Character:
McCreery's Associate #1 (uncredited)
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Earle Hodgins
Character:
Rodeo Barker (uncredited)
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Shep Houghton
Character:
Saloon Brawler (uncredited)
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Jack Ingram
Character:
Oilman at Producers' Convention (uncredited)
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Sheldon Jett
Character:
Oil Man at Meeting (uncredited)
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Robert Emmett Keane
Character:
Oilman in New York (uncredited)
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Mitchell Lewis
Character:
Venezuelan Foreman (uncredited)
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Tom London
Character:
Sheriff Harris (uncredited)
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Frank McLure
Character:
Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
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Carlotta Monti
Character:
Saloon Hostess Fighting Whitey (uncredited)
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Philip Morris
Character:
Oil Man (uncredited)
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John T. Murray
Character:
Mr. Springtime (uncredited)
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Wedgwood Nowell
Character:
Oilman at Producers' Convention (uncredited)
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Ted Oliver
Character:
Man Asking 4 Bits to Cross (uncredited)
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Nestor Paiva
Character:
Venezuelan Officer (uncredited)
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Milton Parsons
Character:
Aldrich's Assistant (uncredited)
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Lee Phelps
Character:
Man Fighting Oil Fire (uncredited)
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Henry Roquemore
Character:
Mr. Summers (uncredited)
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Larry Steers
Character:
Lawyer at Prosecution's Table (uncredited)
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Bert Stevens
Character:
Hotel Lobby Extra (uncredited)
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William Tannen
Character:
Hotel Desk Clerk #1 (uncredited)
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Eddy Waller
Character:
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
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Harry Wilson
Character:
Townsman (uncredited)
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Tom Wilson
Character:
Man in Saloon (uncredited)
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Douglas Wood
Character:
Oil Man at New York Meeting (uncredited)
