

Boom Town
"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.
Movie Details
Budget
$1.6M
$1,600,000
Revenue
$5.0M
$5,000,000
Languages
English
Studio
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Key Crew

Jack Conway
Director

John Lee Mahin
Screenplay

James Edward Grant
Story
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

Horace Murphy
Tom Murphy

Marietta Canty
Maid

Curt Bois
Ferdie the Tailor

Richard Lane
Assistant D.A.

George Lessey
Judge

Sara Haden
Miss Barnes

Frank Orth
Barber

Charles Coleman
McMasters' Butler

Nell Craig
Compton's Secretary

Byron Foulger
Geologist