partnership,oil,oil tycoon,wildcatter,oil field

Boom Town (1940)

Poster for Boom Town

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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Jack Conway
  • Profile picture of Clark Gable
    Big John McMasters Clark Gable
  • Profile picture of Spencer Tracy
    Square John Sand Spencer Tracy
  • Profile picture of Claudette Colbert
    Betsy Bartlett Claudette Colbert
  • Profile picture of Hedy Lamarr
    Karen Vanmeer Hedy Lamarr
  • Profile picture of Frank Morgan
    Luther Aldrich Frank Morgan
  • Profile picture of Lionel Atwill
    Harry Compton Lionel Atwill
  • Profile picture of Chill Wills
    Harmony Jones Chill Wills
  • Profile picture of Marion Martin
    Whitey Marion Martin

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Keywords

  • partnership
  • oil
  • oil tycoon
  • wildcatter
  • oil field