Boom Town
1940/08/30 (US) | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Where Men Are Rough And Tough . . . And Like Their Women The Same Way !
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.
John Lee Mahin
Screenplay
Jack Conway
Director
Lead Cast
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
Recommendations
Budget
$ 1,600,000
Revenue
$ 5,000,000
Status
Released
Production Company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Crews
James Edward Grant
Story
Blanche Sewell
Editor
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Sydney Guilaroff
Hairstylist
Sam Zimbalist
Producer
Harold Rosson
Director of Photography