Boom Town (1940)

Boom Town
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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.

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Cast

Spencer Tracy
as Square John Sand
Clark Gable
as Big John McMasters
Bess Flowers
as Worker in McMasters' Office (uncredited)
Hedy Lamarr
as Karen Vanmeer
Frank Morgan
as Luther Aldrich
Chill Wills
as Harmony Jones
James Dime
as Townsman (uncredited)
Sara Haden
as Miss Barnes
Nestor Paiva
as Venezuelan Officer (uncredited)
Joe Yule
as Ed Murphy
Frank McLure
as Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
Claudette Colbert
as Betsy Bartlett
Tom London
as Sheriff Harris (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
as Geologist
Eddy Waller
as Hotel Desk Clerk in Burkburnett
Eddy Waller
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Frank Orth
as Barber
Frank Hagney
as Man Abandoned by Whitey (uncredited)
Larry Steers
as Lawyer at Prosecution's Table (uncredited)
Roy Gordon
as McCreery
Earle Hodgins
as Rodeo Barker (uncredited)
Curt Bois
as Ferdie the Tailor
John Hamilton
as McMasters' Defense Attorney (uncredited)
Bert Stevens
as Hotel Lobby Extra (uncredited)
Tom Wilson
as Man in Saloon (uncredited)
Pat Flaherty
as Man at Dice Table (uncredited)
Richard Lane
as Assistant D.A.
Franklyn Farnum
as Alarmed Townsman (uncredited)
William Tannen
as Hotel Desk Clerk #1 (uncredited)
Hank Bell
as Hank - Man in Dance Hall (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
as Man Fighting Oil Fire (uncredited)
Lionel Atwill
as Harry Compton
Shep Houghton
as Saloon Brawler (uncredited)
Dick Curtis
as Hiring Boss (uncredited)
Eddie Dunn
as Wildcatter (uncredited)
Minna Gombell
as Spanish Eva
Milton Parsons
as Aldrich's Assistant (uncredited)
Charles Coleman
as McMasters' Butler
Charles Coleman
as Parker - McMasters' Butler (uncredited)
Robert Emmett Keane
as Oilman in New York (uncredited)
Charles D. Brown
as U.S. Marshal Stebbins (uncredited)
Jack Ingram
as Oilman at Producers' Convention (uncredited)
Marietta Canty
as Karen's Maid (uncredited)
Harry Hayden
as Architect
Harry Hayden
as Smith - the Architect (uncredited)

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