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Boom Town
1h 59min
ADVENTURE
DRAMA
ROMANCE
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.
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Original Title
Boom Town
Runtime (Duration)
1h 59min
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Critics & Audience Score
5.6
Total Votes
62
Release Year
1940
Country
United States of America
Production Budget
$1.6M
Box Office Revenue
$5M
Profit / Loss Analysis
$3.4M
Casting
Actors

Clark Gable
Big John McMasters

Spencer Tracy
Square John Sand

Claudette Colbert
Betsy Bartlett

Hedy Lamarr
Karen Vanmeer

Frank Morgan
Luther Aldrich

Lionel Atwill
Harry Compton

Chill Wills
Harmony Jones

Marion Martin
Whitey

Minna Gombell
Spanish Eva

Joe Yule
Ed Murphy

Horace Murphy
Tom Murphy

Marietta Canty
Maid

Curt Bois
Ferdie the Tailor

Richard Lane
Assistant D.A.

George Lessey
Judge

Sara Haden
Miss Barnes

Frank Orth
Barber

Charles Coleman
McMasters' Butler

Nell Craig
Compton's Secretary

Byron Foulger
Geologist

Harry Hayden
Architect

Eddy Waller
Hotel Desk Clerk in Burkburnett

Roy Gordon
McCreery
Casey Johnson
Little Jack
Baby Quintanilla
Baby Jack

Frank McGlynn Sr.
Deacon

Bess Flowers
Worker in McMasters' Office (uncredited)

Barbara Bedford
Nurse (uncredited)

Hank Bell
Hank - Man in Dance Hall (uncredited)

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

Jack Conway
DIRECTOR

Franz Waxman
ORIGINAL MUSIC COMPOSER

John Lee Mahin
SCREENPLAY
Sam Zimbalist
PRODUCER

Harold Rosson
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

James Edward Grant
STORY

Cedric Gibbons
ART DIRECTION

Edwin B. Willis
SET DECORATION

A. Arnold Gillespie
SPECIAL EFFECTS

Sydney Guilaroff
HAIRSTYLIST
Blanche Sewell
EDITOR

Adrian
COSTUME DESIGNER
Gile Steele
COSTUMER

Douglas Shearer
SOUND RECORDIST
John Hoffman
SPECIAL EFFECTS
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