Movie

Boom Town (1940)

• NR
• August 30, 1940
• 1h 59m

• Adventure
• Drama
• Romance
• Western

“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.

Director

Jack Conway

Writers

John Lee Mahin, James Edward Grant

Starring

Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, Claudette Colbert