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Oil! The ebony lifeblood of American industry...and of mighty fortunes made and lost. In search of one of those black-gold fortunes, two bare-knuckle wildcatters dream, scheme, team up and square off in the make-or-break frenzy of a Texas Boom Town. In this pyrotechnics-filled film classic, the only things bigger than the adventure are the four stars: screen giants Clark Gable and Spencer Tracy as the oilmen and Claudette Colbert and Hedy Lamarr as the women in their tumultuous lives. As the foursome struggle through the personal upheaval of love and loyalties, wealth comes a gusher ? and a rig bursts into a screen-filling inferno that could turn dreams to dust. No wonder Boom Town boomed at the box office, too, as the biggest moneymaker of 1940.
Original Release
08/30/1940
US Release
08/30/1940
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Cast
Name | Character |
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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 |
Directors
Writers
John Lee Mahin, James Edward Grant
Cast
Name | Character |
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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 |
Horace Murphy | Tom Murphy |
Roy Gordon | McCreery |
Richard Lane | Ass't. District Attorney / Assistant D.A. |
Casey Johnson | Little Jack |
Baby Quintanilla | Baby Jack |
George Lessey | Judge |
Sara Haden | Miss Barnes |
Frank Orth | Barber |
Frank McGlynn Sr. | Deacon |
Curt Bois | Ferdie / Ferdie the Tailor |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Sam Zimbalist | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1941 | Oscar | Best Cinematography, Black-and-White | Nominated |
1941 | Oscar | Best Effects, Special Effects | Nominated |