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DirectorJack Conway
Runtime1h 59m · NR
GenresAdventure · Drama · Romance · Western
Release1940-08-30
Film
Boom Town
1940· NR· 1h 59m· Adventure· Drama· Romance· Western
“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.
1940-08-30
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Key Crew
DirectorJack Conway
ScreenplayJohn Lee Mahin
ProducerSam Zimbalist
Director of PhotographyHarold Rosson
Original Music ComposerFranz Waxman
EditorBlanche Sewell
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Details
Released1940-08-30
Runtime1h 59m · NR
StatusReleased
StudiosMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Budget$2M
Box office$5M
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited States of America
Rating6.9/10 · 62 votes
Original languageen
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