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Boom Town (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.
Keywords: tmdb.oil,
tmdb.oil-tycoon,
tmdb.wildcatter,
tmdb.oil-field,
mdblist.has-trailer,
imdb.oil-rig,
imdb.business-competition + 163 more,
imdb.nitroglycerin,
imdb.black-servant,
imdb.tool-pusher,
imdb.oil-well-derrick,
imdb.burkburnette-texas,
imdb.oil-field-roughneck,
imdb.slang,
imdb.montage,
imdb.two-word-title,
imdb.barfly,
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imdb.firefighter,
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imdb.con-man,
imdb.barroom-brawl,
imdb.california,
imdb.new-york-city,
imdb.westward-expansion,
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imdb.western-town,
imdb.oklahoma,
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aspectratio.1-37-1
Production Companies: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Country: United States
Languages:
English
Runtime: 119 min.
Released: Aug. 30, 1940
Status: Released
Budget: $1,600,000
Revenue: $5,000,000
Certification: NR / 11+
