Boom Town

Boom Town

Adventure Drama Romance Western

Storyline: 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.

Release Date: 1940-08-30

Original Language: en

Original Title: Boom Town

Status: Released

Runtime: 119 minutes

TagLine: Where Men Are Rough And Tough . . . And Like Their Women The Same Way !

Rating: (52 votes)

Budget: $1,600,000

Revenue: $5,000,000

Production Companies: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Spoken Languages: English

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Popularity:

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Cast Members

Clark Gable

Clark Gable (Big John McMasters)

44.32%

Spencer Tracy

Spencer Tracy (Square John Sand)

36.73%

Claudette Colbert

Claudette Colbert (Betsy Bartlett)

43.36%

Hedy Lamarr

Hedy Lamarr (Karen Vanmeer)

98.69%

Frank Morgan

Frank Morgan (Luther Aldrich)

34.55%

Lionel Atwill

Lionel Atwill (Harry Compton)

13.48%

Chill Wills

Chill Wills (Harmony Jones)

25.18%

Marion Martin

Marion Martin (Whitey)

10.80%

Minna Gombell

Minna Gombell (Spanish Eva)

34.81%

Joe Yule

Joe Yule (Ed Murphy)

2.58%

Horace Murphy

Horace Murphy (Tom Murphy)

10.48%

Marietta Canty

Marietta Canty (Maid)

7.08%

Curt Bois

Curt Bois (Ferdie the Tailor)

7.33%

Richard Lane

Richard Lane (Assistant D.A.)

13.15%

George Lessey

George Lessey (Judge)

10.44%

Sara Haden

Sara Haden (Miss Barnes)

7.46%

Frank Orth

Frank Orth (Barber)

11.00%

Charles Coleman

Charles Coleman (McMasters' Butler)

10.72%

Nell Craig

Nell Craig (Compton's Secretary)

13.67%

Byron Foulger

Byron Foulger (Geologist)

25.09%

Harry Hayden

Harry Hayden (Architect)

10.04%

Eddy Waller

Eddy Waller (Hotel Desk Clerk in Burkburnett)

12.12%

Roy Gordon

Roy Gordon (McCreery)

11.11%

Casey Johnson

Casey Johnson (Little Jack)

1.00%

Baby Quintanilla

Baby Quintanilla (Baby Jack)

1.00%

Frank McGlynn Sr.

Frank McGlynn Sr. (Deacon)

4.91%

Bess Flowers

Bess Flowers (Worker in McMasters' Office (uncredited))

49.83%

Barbara Bedford

Barbara Bedford (Nurse (uncredited))

18.79%

Hank Bell

Hank Bell (Hank - Man in Dance Hall (uncredited))

3.60%

Charles D. Brown

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

43.79%

Francis X. Bushman Jr.

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

3.44%

Marietta Canty

Marietta Canty (Karen's Maid (uncredited))

7.08%

Charles Coleman

Charles Coleman (Parker - McMasters' Butler (uncredited))

10.72%

James Conaty

James Conaty (Man Working in McMasters' Office (uncredited))

14.10%

Dick Curtis

Dick Curtis (Hiring Boss (uncredited))

7.89%

Helen Dickson

Helen Dickson (Mrs. Summers (uncredited))

3.19%

James Dime

James Dime (Townsman (uncredited))

14.57%

Eddie Dunn

Eddie Dunn (Wildcatter (uncredited))

10.63%

Franklyn Farnum

Franklyn Farnum (Alarmed Townsman (uncredited))

16.34%

Pat Flaherty

Pat Flaherty (Man at Dice Table (uncredited))

5.81%

Sam Garrett

Sam Garrett (Rider / Roper (uncredited))

1.00%

George Guhl

George Guhl (Baggage Man (uncredited))

5.94%

Frank Hagney

Frank Hagney (Man Abandoned by Whitey (uncredited))

18.51%

William Halligan

William Halligan (McCreery's Associate #2 (uncredited))

3.75%

John Hamilton

John Hamilton (McMasters' Defense Attorney (uncredited))

40.37%

Tom Hanlon

Tom Hanlon (Racetrack Announcer (voice) (uncredited))

6.34%

Harry Hayden

Harry Hayden (Smith - the Architect (uncredited))

10.04%

Holmes Herbert

Holmes Herbert (Doctor (uncredited))

11.26%

Howard Hickman

Howard Hickman (McCreery's Associate #1 (uncredited))

7.66%

Earle Hodgins

Earle Hodgins (Rodeo Barker (uncredited))

15.20%

Shep Houghton

Shep Houghton (Saloon Brawler (uncredited))

7.26%

Jack Ingram

Jack Ingram (Oilman at Producers' Convention (uncredited))

13.67%

Sheldon Jett

Sheldon Jett (Oil Man at Meeting (uncredited))

2.04%

Robert Emmett Keane

Robert Emmett Keane (Oilman in New York (uncredited))

11.59%

Mitchell Lewis

Mitchell Lewis (Venezuelan Foreman (uncredited))

5.98%

Tom London

Tom London (Sheriff Harris (uncredited))

35.69%

Frank McLure

Frank McLure (Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited))

6.03%

Carlotta Monti

Carlotta Monti (Saloon Hostess Fighting Whitey (uncredited))

3.46%

Philip Morris

Philip Morris (Oil Man (uncredited))

11.59%

John T. Murray

John T. Murray (Mr. Springtime (uncredited))

6.78%

Wedgwood Nowell

Wedgwood Nowell (Oilman at Producers' Convention (uncredited))

3.67%

Ted Oliver

Ted Oliver (Man Asking 4 Bits to Cross (uncredited))

9.57%

Nestor Paiva

Nestor Paiva (Venezuelan Officer (uncredited))

24.07%

Milton Parsons

Milton Parsons (Aldrich's Assistant (uncredited))

28.90%

Lee Phelps

Lee Phelps (Man Fighting Oil Fire (uncredited))

16.57%

Henry Roquemore

Henry Roquemore (Mr. Summers (uncredited))

18.29%

Larry Steers

Larry Steers (Lawyer at Prosecution's Table (uncredited))

4.89%

Bert Stevens

Bert Stevens (Hotel Lobby Extra (uncredited))

23.30%

William Tannen

William Tannen (Hotel Desk Clerk #1 (uncredited))

11.44%

Eddy Waller

Eddy Waller (Hotel Clerk (uncredited))

12.12%

Harry Wilson

Harry Wilson (Townsman (uncredited))

14.44%

Tom Wilson

Tom Wilson (Man in Saloon (uncredited))

25.26%

Douglas Wood

Douglas Wood (Oil Man at New York Meeting (uncredited))

5.82%

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