Boom Town
movie
Where Men Are Rough And Tough . . . And Like Their Women The Same Way !
Released August 30, 1940
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
as
Big John McMasters
Spencer Tracy
as
Square John Sand
Claudette Colbert
as
Betsy Bartlett
Hedy Lamarr
as
Karen Vanmeer
Frank Morgan
as
Luther Aldrich
Lionel Atwill
as
Harry Compton
Chill Wills
as
Harmony Jones
Marion Martin
as
Whitey
Minna Gombell
as
Spanish Eva
Joe Yule
as
Ed Murphy
Horace Murphy
as
Tom Murphy
Marietta Canty
as
Maid
Crew
John Lee Mahin
as
Screenplay
James Edward Grant
as
Story
Jack Conway
as
Director
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Blanche Sewell
as
Editor
Edwin B. Willis
as
Set Decoration
Sydney Guilaroff
as
Hairstylist
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Sam Zimbalist
as
Producer
Harold Rosson
as
Director of Photography
Cedric Gibbons
as
Art Direction
A. Arnold Gillespie
as
Special Effects
Franz Waxman
as
Original Music Composer
Douglas Shearer
as
Sound Recordist