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Boom Town(1940)
Status: Released
Date: 1940-08-30
69%
59 Votes
Time: 1h 59m
Where Men Are Rough And Tough . . . And Like Their Women The Same Way !
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $1,600,000.00
Revenue: $5,000,000.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Boom Town
Top 10 Billed Cast
Clark Gable
Big John McMasters
Spencer Tracy
Square John Sand
Claudette Colbert
Betsy Bartlett
Hedy Lamarr
Karen Vanmeer
Frank Morgan
Luther Aldrich
Lionel Atwill
Harry Compton
Chill Wills
Harmony Jones
Marion Martin
Whitey
Minna Gombell
Spanish Eva
Joe Yule
Ed Murphy
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