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69% Critic Match
Boom Town
“Where Men Are Rough And Tough . . . And Like Their Women The Same Way !”
6.9 / 10• 1940• 1h 59m•NR• English
AdventureDramaRomanceWestern
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Clark Gable
Big John McMasters
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Jack Conway's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Boom Town is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
