Boom Town
Boom Town
Release: 1940-08-30
·Runtime: 119m
·★ 6.8
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Byron Foulger
as Geologist
Barbara Bedford
as Nurse (uncredited)
Earle Hodgins
as Rodeo Barker (uncredited)
Tom London
as Sheriff Harris (uncredited)
Nestor Paiva
as Venezuelan Officer (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
as Worker in McMasters' Office (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
as Alarmed Townsman (uncredited)
Robert Emmett Keane
as Oilman in New York (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
as Man Fighting Oil Fire (uncredited)
Chill Wills
as Harmony Jones
Eddie Dunn
as Wildcatter (uncredited)
Holmes Herbert
as Doctor (uncredited)
Jack Ingram
as Oilman at Producers' Convention (uncredited)
William Tannen
as Hotel Desk Clerk #1 (uncredited)
Douglas Wood
as Oil Man at New York Meeting (uncredited)
Claudette Colbert
as Betsy Bartlett
Joe Yule
as Ed Murphy
Shep Houghton
as Saloon Brawler (uncredited)
Marion Martin
as Whitey
George Lessey
as Judge
Harry Hayden
as Architect, Smith - the Architect (uncredited)
Dick Curtis
as Hiring Boss (uncredited)
Frank McLure
as Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
Frank McGlynn Sr.
as Deacon
John T. Murray
as Mr. Springtime (uncredited)
Sara Haden
as Miss Barnes
Carlotta Monti
as Saloon Hostess Fighting Whitey (uncredited)
Larry Steers
as Lawyer at Prosecution's Table (uncredited)
Howard Hickman
as McCreery's Associate #1 (uncredited)
Frank Orth
as Barber
Richard Lane
as Assistant D.A.
Spencer Tracy
as Square John Sand
Minna Gombell
as Spanish Eva
Nell Craig
as Compton's Secretary
Francis X. Bushman Jr.
as Man with Nitroglycerine (uncredited)
Bert Stevens
as Hotel Lobby Extra (uncredited)
Eddy Waller
as Hotel Desk Clerk in Burkburnett, Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Roy Gordon
as McCreery
Charles D. Brown
as U.S. Marshal Stebbins (uncredited)
George Guhl
as Baggage Man (uncredited)
William Halligan
as McCreery's Associate #2 (uncredited)
John Hamilton
as McMasters' Defense Attorney (uncredited)
Milton Parsons
as Aldrich's Assistant (uncredited)
Harry Wilson
as Townsman (uncredited)
Hedy Lamarr
as Karen Vanmeer
James Dime
as Townsman (uncredited)
Wedgwood Nowell
as Oilman at Producers' Convention (uncredited)
Clark Gable
as Big John McMasters
Tom Wilson
as Man in Saloon (uncredited)
Curt Bois
as Ferdie the Tailor
Charles Coleman
as McMasters' Butler, Parker - McMasters' Butler (uncredited)
Pat Flaherty
as Man at Dice Table (uncredited)
Hank Bell
as Hank - Man in Dance Hall (uncredited)
Frank Hagney
as Man Abandoned by Whitey (uncredited)
Mitchell Lewis
as Venezuelan Foreman (uncredited)
Marietta Canty
as Maid, Karen's Maid (uncredited)
Frank Morgan
as Luther Aldrich
Lionel Atwill
as Harry Compton
Horace Murphy
as Tom Murphy
Crew
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Sydney Guilaroff
Hairstylist
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
John Lee Mahin
Screenplay
James Edward Grant
Story
A. Arnold Gillespie
Special Effects
Franz Waxman
Original Music Composer
Douglas Shearer
Sound Recordist
Adrian
Costume Designer
Jack Conway
Director
Harold Rosson
Director of Photography