Boom Town

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

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.

Adventure Drama Romance Western

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

Minna Gombell

Joe Yule

Horace Murphy

Marietta Canty

Curt Bois

(Ferdie the Tailor)

Richard Lane

(Assistant D.A.)

George Lessey

Sara Haden

Frank Orth

Charles Coleman

(McMasters' Butler)

Nell Craig

(Compton's Secretary)

Byron Foulger

Harry Hayden

Eddy Waller

(Hotel Desk Clerk in Burkburnett)

Roy Gordon

Casey Johnson

Baby Quintanilla

Frank McGlynn Sr.

Bess Flowers

(Worker in McMasters' Office (uncredited))

Barbara Bedford

(Nurse (uncredited))

Hank Bell

(Hank - Man in Dance Hall (uncredited))

Charles D. Brown

(U.S. Marshal Stebbins (uncredited))

Francis X. Bushman Jr.

(Man with Nitroglycerine (uncredited))

Marietta Canty

(Karen's Maid (uncredited))

Charles Coleman

(Parker - McMasters' Butler (uncredited))

James Conaty

(Man Working in McMasters' Office (uncredited))

Dick Curtis

(Hiring Boss (uncredited))

Helen Dickson

(Mrs. Summers (uncredited))

James Dime

(Townsman (uncredited))

Eddie Dunn

(Wildcatter (uncredited))

Franklyn Farnum

(Alarmed Townsman (uncredited))

Pat Flaherty

(Man at Dice Table (uncredited))

Sam Garrett

(Rider / Roper (uncredited))

George Guhl

(Baggage Man (uncredited))

Frank Hagney

(Man Abandoned by Whitey (uncredited))

William Halligan

(McCreery's Associate #2 (uncredited))

John Hamilton

(McMasters' Defense Attorney (uncredited))

Tom Hanlon

(Racetrack Announcer (voice) (uncredited))

Harry Hayden

(Smith - the Architect (uncredited))

Holmes Herbert

(Doctor (uncredited))

Howard Hickman

(McCreery's Associate #1 (uncredited))

Earle Hodgins

(Rodeo Barker (uncredited))

Shep Houghton

(Saloon Brawler (uncredited))

Jack Ingram

(Oilman at Producers' Convention (uncredited))

Sheldon Jett

(Oil Man at Meeting (uncredited))

Robert Emmett Keane

(Oilman in New York (uncredited))

Mitchell Lewis

(Venezuelan Foreman (uncredited))

Tom London

(Sheriff Harris (uncredited))

Frank McLure

(Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited))

Carlotta Monti

(Saloon Hostess Fighting Whitey (uncredited))

Philip Morris

(Oil Man (uncredited))

John T. Murray

(Mr. Springtime (uncredited))

Wedgwood Nowell

(Oilman at Producers' Convention (uncredited))

Ted Oliver

(Man Asking 4 Bits to Cross (uncredited))

Nestor Paiva

(Venezuelan Officer (uncredited))

Milton Parsons

(Aldrich's Assistant (uncredited))

Lee Phelps

(Man Fighting Oil Fire (uncredited))

Henry Roquemore

(Mr. Summers (uncredited))

Larry Steers

(Lawyer at Prosecution's Table (uncredited))

Bert Stevens

(Hotel Lobby Extra (uncredited))

William Tannen

(Hotel Desk Clerk #1 (uncredited))

Eddy Waller

(Hotel Clerk (uncredited))

Harry Wilson

(Townsman (uncredited))

Tom Wilson

(Man in Saloon (uncredited))

Douglas Wood

(Oil Man at New York Meeting (uncredited))