- HD 1080
- Runtime: 119m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Jack Conway
- Stars: Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, Claudette Colbert, Hedy Lamarr, Frank Morgan
- keywords: partnership, oil, oil tycoon, wildcatter, oil field
- Production_studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Slogan: Where Men Are Rough And Tough . . . And Like Their Women The Same Way !
- The Boom Town is featured in the top rankings of 1940
- #16 in Top Romance Movies of 1940
- #6 in Top Adventure Movies of 1940
- #17 in Top Drama Movies of 1940
- #3 in Top Western Movies of 1940
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.