Boom Town (1940)

08/30/1940 1h 59m

Where Men Are Rough And Tough . . . And Like Their Women The Same Way !

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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.

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Cast Ages at Release

Clark Gable

as Big John McMasters

Born 02/01/1901

Died 11/16/1960, age

Spencer Tracy

as Square John Sand

Born 04/02/1900

Died 06/10/1967, age

Claudette Colbert

as Betsy Bartlett

Born 09/13/1903

Died 07/30/1996, age

Hedy Lamarr

as Karen Vanmeer

Born 11/09/1914

Died 01/19/2000, age

Frank Morgan

as Luther Aldrich

Born 06/01/1890

Died 09/18/1949, age

Lionel Atwill

as Harry Compton

Born 02/27/1885

Died 04/22/1946, age

Chill Wills

as Harmony Jones

Born 07/18/1902

Died 12/15/1978, age

Minna Gombell

as Spanish Eva

Born 05/27/1892

Died 04/14/1973, age

Curt Bois

as Ferdie the Tailor

Born 04/05/1901

Died 12/25/1991, age

Sara Haden

as Miss Barnes

Born 11/16/1898

Died 09/15/1981, age

Holmes Herbert

as Doctor (uncredited)

Born 07/30/1882

Died 12/26/1956, age

Nestor Paiva

as Venezuelan Officer (uncredited)

Born 06/30/1905

Died 09/09/1966, age