
Boom Town
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.
Release Date: 1940-08-30
Adventure
Drama
Romance
Western
★★★★★★★★★★ (54 votes)
Casts

Clark Gable
as Big John McMasters

Spencer Tracy
as Square John Sand

Claudette Colbert
as Betsy Bartlett

Hedy Lamarr
as Karen Vanmeer

Frank Morgan
as Luther Aldrich

Lionel Atwill
as Harry Compton

Chill Wills
as Harmony Jones

Marion Martin
as Whitey

Minna Gombell
as Spanish Eva

Joe Yule
as Ed Murphy