Boom Town (1940)

★ 6.9 1h 59m IMDb
Drama Romance Adventure Western

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

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Clark Gable
Clark Gable as Big John McMasters Died 1960 · Cadiz, Ohio, USA William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 – November 16, 1960) was an American actor. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Gable the seventh-greatest male star of all-time. His most famous role was...
Spencer Tracy
Spencer Tracy as Square John Sand Died 1967 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA Spencer Bonaventure Tracy (April 5, 1900 – June 10, 1967) was an American actor, noted for his natural style and versatility. One of the major stars of Hollywood's Golden Age, Tracy won two Academy Aw...
Claudette Colbert
Claudette Colbert as Betsy Bartlett Died 1996 · Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, France Claudette Colbert (September 13, 1903 — July 30, 1996) was an American actress. Born Emilie Claudette Chauchoin in Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, France, she was brought to the United States as a child t...
Hedy Lamarr
Hedy Lamarr as Karen Vanmeer Died 2000 · Vienna, Austria Hedy Lamarr (born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler; November 9, 1914 – January 19, 2000) was an Austrian-born actress and technology inventor. She was a film star during Hollywood's Golden Age. After a brief...
Frank Morgan
Frank Morgan as Luther Aldrich Died 1949 · New York City, New York, USA Frank Morgan (June 1, 1890 – September 18, 1949) was an American actor. He was best known for his portrayal of the title character in the film The Wizard of Oz. His older brother Ralph Morgan was also...
Director Jack Conway
Cast Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, Claudette Colbert, Hedy Lamarr, Frank Morgan, Lionel Atwill, Chill Wills, Marion Martin, Minna Gombell, Joe Yule

Audience Reviews

talisencrw 9/10 Mar 03, 2016
Clark Gable has outstanding rapport both with Claudette Colbert, whom he was with in It Happened One Night, and Spencer Tracy, whom he had acted with before in the disaster flick San Francisco, in this fine film which would make an excellent double-bill with There Will Be Blood, for the price of being a prospector of black gold in early 20th-century America. Very enjoyable and thoroughly recommended.

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