Boom Town

1940

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

6.842 из 10

57 votes

Popularity

1.7

Duration

119 min / 1 hour 59 min

Budget

$1 600 000

Fees in the world

$5 000 000

In collections

16

Release date

1940.08.30

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

Big John McMasters

Square John Sand

Claudette Colbert

Ferdie the Tailor

Charles Coleman

McMasters' Butler

Compton's Secretary

Hotel Desk Clerk in Burkburnett

Baby Quintanilla

Frank McGlynn Sr.

Worker in McMasters' Office (uncredited)

Barbara Bedford

Nurse (uncredited)

Hank - Man in Dance Hall (uncredited)

Charles D. Brown

U.S. Marshal Stebbins (uncredited)

Francis X. Bushman Jr.

Man with Nitroglycerine (uncredited)

Karen's Maid (uncredited)

Charles Coleman

Parker - McMasters' Butler (uncredited)

Man Working in McMasters' Office (uncredited)

Hiring Boss (uncredited)

Mrs. Summers (uncredited)

Townsman (uncredited)

Wildcatter (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum

Alarmed Townsman (uncredited)

Man at Dice Table (uncredited)

Rider / Roper (uncredited)

Baggage Man (uncredited)

Man Abandoned by Whitey (uncredited)

William Halligan

McCreery's Associate #2 (uncredited)

McMasters' Defense Attorney (uncredited)

Racetrack Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

Smith - the Architect (uncredited)

Doctor (uncredited)

McCreery's Associate #1 (uncredited)

Rodeo Barker (uncredited)

Saloon Brawler (uncredited)

Oilman at Producers' Convention (uncredited)

Oil Man at Meeting (uncredited)

Robert Emmett Keane

Oilman in New York (uncredited)

Venezuelan Foreman (uncredited)

Sheriff Harris (uncredited)

Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)

Saloon Hostess Fighting Whitey (uncredited)

Oil Man (uncredited)

Mr. Springtime (uncredited)

Wedgwood Nowell

Oilman at Producers' Convention (uncredited)

Man Asking 4 Bits to Cross (uncredited)

Venezuelan Officer (uncredited)

Aldrich's Assistant (uncredited)

Man Fighting Oil Fire (uncredited)

Henry Roquemore

Mr. Summers (uncredited)

Lawyer at Prosecution's Table (uncredited)

Hotel Lobby Extra (uncredited)

Hotel Desk Clerk #1 (uncredited)

Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Townsman (uncredited)

Man in Saloon (uncredited)

Oil Man at New York Meeting (uncredited)

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