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Boom Town is a american film of genre Drama directed by Jack Conway released in USA on 30 august 1940 with Clark Gable
Boom Town (1940)
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Add to a movie listBoom Town is a 1940 American adventure film starring Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, Claudette Colbert, and Hedy Lamarr, and directed by Jack Conway. The supporting cast features Frank Morgan, Lionel Atwill, and Chill Wills. A story written by James Edward Grant in Cosmopolitan magazine entitled "A Lady Comes to Burkburnett" provided the inspiration for the film. The film was produced and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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"Big John" McMasters (Clark Gable) and "Square John" Sand (Spencer Tracy) are two down-on-their-luck oil wildcatters who join forces. Without enough money, they steal drilling equipment from a skeptical Luther Aldrich (Frank Morgan). Their well proves a bust and they have to hastily depart when Aldrich shows up with the sheriff to take back his property. The two oilmen team up and make enough money to partially pay Aldrich. To get him to back them for a second try, they cut him in for a percentage of the well. This time, they strike it rich.Actors
Clark Gable
(Big John McMasters)
Spencer Tracy
(Square John Sand)
Claudette Colbert
(Betsy Bartlett)
Hedy Lamarr
(Karen Vanmeer)
Frank Morgan
(Luther Aldrich)
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