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Boom Town (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. Director:Jack Conway |
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| Clark Gable | ... | ||
| Spencer Tracy | ... |
Square John Sand
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| Claudette Colbert | ... | ||
| Hedy Lamarr | ... |
Karen Vanmeer
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| Frank Morgan | ... |
Luther Aldrich
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| Lionel Atwill | ... |
Harry Compton
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| Chill Wills | ... |
Harmony Jones
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Marion Martin | ... |
Whitey
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Minna Gombell | ... |
Spanish Eva
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Joe Yule | ... |
Ed Murphy
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Horace Murphy | ... |
Tom Murphy
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Roy Gordon | ... |
McCreery
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Richard Lane | ... |
Ass't. District Attorney
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Casey Johnson | ... |
Little Jack
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Baby Quintanilla | ... | |
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Storyline
McMasters and Sand come to oil towns to get rich. Betsey 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. Written by Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
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GABLE and TRACY...buddies in battle! COLBERT and LAMARR...rivals in love! See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
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Budget:
$2,000,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)Color:
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1.37 : 1
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(1850) (uncredited)
from "Lohengrin"
Written by Richard Wagner
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This was the last of three films (after San Francisco and Test Pilot) that Clark Gable and Spencer Tracy did together. After this film, Tracy insisted on a clause in his MGM contract that he would receive equal billing with Gable in all future films. While the two remained lifelong friends, they were never again paired together in a movie because MGM wasn't sure how to handle the equal billing. See more »Quotes
Big John McMasters: [to Elizabeth] You sure can talk straight to a fella and ball him up at the same time.See more »
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"Bridal Chorus (Here Comes the Bride)"(1850) (uncredited)
from "Lohengrin"
Written by Richard Wagner
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