Boom Town

Boom Town

1940 | 1h 59m | Drama | TV-PG

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Brief Synopsis

Best friends Big John and Square John compete for everything when both strike it rich drilling for oil. Big John's eye wanders from his wife, Betsey, and Square John, in love with Betsey, chooses to protect her rather than take this as an opportunity.

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Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Jack Conway

CAST

Clark Gable

Spencer Tracy

Claudette Colbert

Hedy Lamarr

Frank Morgan

PRODUCERS

Sam Zimbalist

WRITERS

John Lee Mahin

Host Intros

01:48
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- Boom Town (1940)
Intro Aired: Aug 2018
Ben Mankiewicz introduces Boom Town, 1940.

Related Videos

Boom Town (1940) -- (Movie Clip) You're On My Land!
Clip
Giant fire at the well appears to parallel raging tensions between partners Big John (Clark Gable) and Square John (Spencer Tracy), in a famous sequence from director Jack Conway's Boom Town, 1940.
Boom Town (1940) -- (Movie Clip) You Married A Millionaire!
Clip
Square John (Spencer Tracy) splashes into town having finally struck oil in Texas, telling partner Big John (Clark Gable), who tells Betsy (Claudette Colbert), who has news for them both, in MGM's Boom Town, 1940.
Boom Town (1940) -- (Movie Clip) Smells A Little Gamey
Clip
Nutty long-time Investor Luther (Frank Morgan), tailor Ferdie (Curt Bois) and especially alluring Karen (Hedy Lamarr) are witness to the spectacle of partners-turned-rivals now big-timers Big John (Clark Gable) and Square John (Spencer Tracy) teaming up again, in Boom Town, 1940.
Boom Town (1940) -- (Movie Clip) Don't Call Me Shorty!
Clip
Two more in a cavalcade of buddy scenes, wildcatters Big John (Clark Gable) and Square John (Spencer Tracy), first gambling then conning banker Luther (Frank Morgan), Texas, 1918, in director Jack Conway's Boom Town, 1940.
02:29
Boom Town - (Re-issue Trailer)
Trailer
Friends become rivals when they strike it rich in oil in Boom Town (1940), starring Clark Gable & Spencer Tracy.

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