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Boom Town
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6.9Two 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.
Released: 1940-08-30119 minDir: Jack ConwayAdventure, Drama, Romance, WesternBudget: $1.6MBox office: $5.0M
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Cast
- Clark Gable as Big John McMasters
- Spencer Tracy as Square John Sand
- Claudette Colbert as Betsy Bartlett
- Hedy Lamarr as Karen Vanmeer
- Frank Morgan as Luther Aldrich
- Lionel Atwill as Harry Compton
Themes
- partnership
- oil
- oil tycoon
- wildcatter
- oil field
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Ratings
IMDb
7/10
3,921 votes
- Year
- 1940
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Drama, Romance
- Rated
- Approved
- Awards
- Nominated for 2 Oscars. 2 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- romance film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- John Waters
- Cast member
- Marietta Canty
- Composer
- Franz Waxman
- Producer
- Sam Zimbalist
- Production company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Cinematographer
- Elwood Bredell
- Narrative location
- Texas
- Duration
- 119
- FilmAffinity ID
- 612626
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- 1940 - Nineteenth Street and Towne Theater Ad - 3 Oct MC - Allentown PA.jpg
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- publication date
- 1940-01-01
- title
- Boom Town
- production designer
- Cedric Gibbons
- distributed by
- Netflix
- color
- black-and-white
- costume designer
- Adrian
- film editor
- Blanche Sewell
- Commons category
- Boom Town (1940 film)
- assessment
- Bechdel test
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