Boom Town
Boom Town
Release: 1940-08-30
·Runtime: 119m
·★ 6.9
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
Roy Gordon
as McCreery
Marion Martin
as Whitey
Minna Gombell
as Spanish Eva
Frank Orth
as Barber
Francis X. Bushman Jr.
as Man with Nitroglycerine (uncredited)
Horace Murphy
as Tom Murphy
Harry Hayden
as Architect, Smith - the Architect (uncredited)
Holmes Herbert
as Doctor (uncredited)
Wedgwood Nowell
as Oilman at Producers' Convention (uncredited)
Charles D. Brown
as U.S. Marshal Stebbins (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
as Alarmed Townsman (uncredited)
Eddy Waller
as Hotel Desk Clerk in Burkburnett, Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Howard Hickman
as McCreery's Associate #1 (uncredited)
Mitchell Lewis
as Venezuelan Foreman (uncredited)
Jack Ingram
as Oilman at Producers' Convention (uncredited)
Tom Wilson
as Man in Saloon (uncredited)
Spencer Tracy
as Square John Sand
Dick Curtis
as Hiring Boss (uncredited)
William Halligan
as McCreery's Associate #2 (uncredited)
Shep Houghton
as Saloon Brawler (uncredited)
Bert Stevens
as Hotel Lobby Extra (uncredited)
William Tannen
as Hotel Desk Clerk #1 (uncredited)
Richard Lane
as Assistant D.A.
Frank Morgan
as Luther Aldrich
Nell Craig
as Compton's Secretary
Eddie Dunn
as Wildcatter (uncredited)
Earle Hodgins
as Rodeo Barker (uncredited)
Harry Wilson
as Townsman (uncredited)
Chill Wills
as Harmony Jones
Frank Hagney
as Man Abandoned by Whitey (uncredited)
Tom London
as Sheriff Harris (uncredited)
Douglas Wood
as Oil Man at New York Meeting (uncredited)
Claudette Colbert
as Betsy Bartlett
Marietta Canty
as Maid, Karen's Maid (uncredited)
Curt Bois
as Ferdie the Tailor
Byron Foulger
as Geologist
John T. Murray
as Mr. Springtime (uncredited)
Nestor Paiva
as Venezuelan Officer (uncredited)
Clark Gable
as Big John McMasters
Lee Phelps
as Man Fighting Oil Fire (uncredited)
Hedy Lamarr
as Karen Vanmeer
Sara Haden
as Miss Barnes
Frank McGlynn Sr.
as Deacon
James Dime
as Townsman (uncredited)
Pat Flaherty
as Man at Dice Table (uncredited)
Frank McLure
as Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
George Guhl
as Baggage Man (uncredited)
George Lessey
as Judge
Robert Emmett Keane
as Oilman in New York (uncredited)
Larry Steers
as Lawyer at Prosecution's Table (uncredited)
Lionel Atwill
as Harry Compton
Joe Yule
as Ed Murphy
Bess Flowers
as Worker in McMasters' Office (uncredited)
Barbara Bedford
as Nurse (uncredited)
Hank Bell
as Hank - Man in Dance Hall (uncredited)
John Hamilton
as McMasters' Defense Attorney (uncredited)
Milton Parsons
as Aldrich's Assistant (uncredited)
Carlotta Monti
as Saloon Hostess Fighting Whitey (uncredited)
Charles Coleman
as McMasters' Butler, Parker - McMasters' Butler (uncredited)
Crew
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Sydney Guilaroff
Hairstylist
A. Arnold Gillespie
Special Effects
John Lee Mahin
Screenplay
James Edward Grant
Story
Douglas Shearer
Sound Recordist
Adrian
Costume Designer
Jack Conway
Director
Harold Rosson
Director of Photography
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Franz Waxman
Original Music Composer