Boom Town

Name: Boom Town
Director: Jack Conway
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
Released: 1940-08-30
Duration: 119 min
Cast: Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, Claudette Colbert, Hedy Lamarr, Frank Morgan

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1940 · 119 min · NR · Adventure · Drama · Romance · Western · TMDB 7.0/10

Overview

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.

Directed by Jack Conway

Cast

Clark Gable — Big John McMasters
Spencer Tracy — Square John Sand
Claudette Colbert — Betsy Bartlett
Hedy Lamarr — Karen Vanmeer
Frank Morgan — Luther Aldrich