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Boom Town (1940)

Boom Town

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1h 59m

Adventure, Drama, Musicals, Romance, Western

August 30th, 1940

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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

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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Directors

Jack Conway
Full cast & crew

Producers

Sam Zimbalist
producer
Full cast & crew

Writers

John Lee Mahin
screen play
James Edward Grant
based on a story by
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Taglines

Where Men Are Rough And Tough . . . And Like Their Women The Same Way !
GABLE and TRACY...buddies in battle! COLBERT and LAMARR...rivals in love!
Devil may-care men fought for girls and gold
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Keywords

kiss
orchestral music score
gunfight
All Keywords

Country of Origin

United States of America

Languages

English

Release Dates

February 19th, 1941 (Argentina)
July 3rd, 1941 (Australia)
January 1st, 1948 (Austria)
All Release Dates

Alternative Titles

Boom Town (original title)
El fruto dorado (Argentina)
Boomtown (Australia)
All Alternative Titles

Locations

Bakersfield, California, USA
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA (studio)
Taft, California, USA

Running Times

119 min

Sound Mixes

Mono

Aspect Ratios

1.37 : 1

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (presents) (controlled by Loew's Incorporated)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Distribution Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (Argentina)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (Belgium)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Denmark) (re-release)
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