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.
Fun facts
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Nominations
2 award nominations, including the Oscar for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White (1941)
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Box office
Grossed $5M worldwide, about 3.1 times its $1.6M budget
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Setting
Set in Texas
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Music
Music by Franz Waxman
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Elwood Bredell and Harold Rosson
Details
- Director
- Writers
- John Lee MahinScreenplay
- James Edward GrantStory
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- August 30, 1940
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $1.6M
- Revenue
- $5M
- Countries
- United States of America
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Cast
Clark GableBig John McMasters
Spencer TracySquare John Sand
Claudette ColbertBetsy Bartlett
Hedy LamarrKaren Vanmeer
Frank MorganLuther Aldrich
Lionel AtwillHarry Compton
Chill WillsHarmony Jones
Marion MartinWhitey
Minna GombellSpanish Eva
Joe YuleEd Murphy
Horace MurphyTom Murphy
Marietta CantyMaid
Curt BoisFerdie the Tailor
Richard LaneAssistant D.A.
George LesseyJudge
Sara HadenMiss Barnes
Frank OrthBarber
Charles ColemanMcMasters' Butler
Nell CraigCompton's Secretary
Byron FoulgerGeologist
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