Boom Town

Boom Town

119 mins | Drama, Adventure, Romance, Western | Aug. 30, 1940

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.

Boom Town

119 mins | Drama, Adventure, Romance, Western | Aug. 30, 1940

Boom Town
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.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title Boom Town
Directors Jack Conway
Writers James Edward Grant, John Lee Mahin

Cast

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

Horace Murphy

as Tom Murphy

Marietta Canty

as Maid / Karen's Maid (uncredited)

Curt Bois

as Ferdie the Tailor

Richard Lane

as Assistant D.A.

George Lessey

as Judge

Sara Haden

as Miss Barnes

Frank Orth

as Barber

John Hamilton

as Defense Attorney / McMasters' Defense Attorney (uncredited)

Charles Coleman

as McMasters' Butler / Parker - McMasters' Butler (uncredited)

Nell Craig

as Compton's Secretary

Byron Foulger

as Geologist

Harry Hayden

as Architect / Smith - the Architect (uncredited)

Eddy Waller

as Hotel Desk Clerk in Burkburnett / Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Roy Gordon

as McCreery

Casey Johnson

as Little Jack

Baby Quintanilla

as Baby Jack

Frank McGlynn Sr.

as Deacon

Bess Flowers

as Worker in McMasters' Office (uncredited)

Barbara Bedford

as Nurse (uncredited)

Hank Bell

as Hank - Man in Dance Hall (uncredited)

Charles D. Brown

as U.S. Marshal Stebbins (uncredited)

Francis X. Bushman Jr.

as Man with Nitroglycerine (uncredited)

James Conaty

as Man Working in McMasters' Office (uncredited)

Dick Curtis

as Hiring Boss (uncredited)

Helen Dickson

as Mrs. Summers (uncredited)

James Dime

as Townsman (uncredited)

Eddie Dunn

as Wildcatter (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum

as Alarmed Townsman (uncredited)

Pat Flaherty

as Man at Dice Table (uncredited)

Sam Garrett

as Rider / Roper (uncredited)

George Guhl

as Baggage Man (uncredited)

Frank Hagney

as Man Abandoned by Whitey (uncredited)

William Halligan

as McCreery's Associate #2 (uncredited)

Tom Hanlon

as Racetrack Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

Holmes Herbert

as Doctor (uncredited)

Howard Hickman

as McCreery's Associate #1 (uncredited)

Earle Hodgins

as Rodeo Barker (uncredited)

Shep Houghton

as Saloon Brawler (uncredited)

Jack Ingram

as Oilman at Producers' Convention (uncredited)

Sheldon Jett

as Oil Man at Meeting (uncredited)

Robert Emmett Keane

as Oilman in New York (uncredited)

Mitchell Lewis

as Venezuelan Foreman (uncredited)

Tom London

as Sheriff Harris (uncredited)

Frank McLure

as Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)

Carlotta Monti

as Saloon Hostess Fighting Whitey (uncredited)

Philip Morris

as Oil Man (uncredited)

John T. Murray

as Mr. Springtime (uncredited)

Wedgwood Nowell

as Oilman at Producers' Convention (uncredited)

Ted Oliver

as Man Asking 4 Bits to Cross (uncredited)

Nestor Paiva

as Venezuelan Officer (uncredited)

Milton Parsons

as Aldrich's Assistant (uncredited)

Lee Phelps

as Man Fighting Oil Fire (uncredited)

Henry Roquemore

as Mr. Summers (uncredited)

Larry Steers

as Lawyer at Prosecution's Table (uncredited)

Bert Stevens

as Hotel Lobby Extra (uncredited)

William Tannen

as Hotel Desk Clerk #1 (uncredited)

Harry Wilson

as Townsman (uncredited)

Tom Wilson

as Man in Saloon (uncredited)

Douglas Wood

as Oil Man at New York Meeting (uncredited)