Boom Town

Friends become rivals when they strike it rich in oil in Boom Town (1940), starring Clark Gable & Spencer Tracy.
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Posted: 8/1/2008

"Big John" McMasters (Gable) and "Square John" Sand (Tracy) are two down-on-their-luck oil wildcatters who join forces. Without enough money, they steal drilling equipment from a skeptical Luther Aldrich (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. When Elizabeth 'Betsy' Bartlett (Colbert) shows up, McMasters sweeps her off her feet (without knowing that she is Sand's girl) and marries her. Sand accepts the situation, wanting Betsy to be happy. However, on their first anniversary, she catches her husband dancing with a barroom floozy. As a result, Sand quarrels with McMasters and they flip a coin for the entire oilfield. Betsy leaves too, but returns when she learns that her husband has lost almost everything to
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Length: 02:31
Posted: 1/10/2010

Oscar-nominated picture stars Clark Gable ("Gone With the Wind," "Mogambo") and Spencer Tracy ("Mutiny on the Bounty," "Adam's Rib") as competitive oil prospectors who strike it rich in oil and romance. With screen legend Claudette Colbert ("It Happened One Night," "Cleopatra"), Hedy Lamar ("Ecstasy"), and Oscar-nominee Frank Morgan ("The Wizard of Oz").
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Length: 01:58:44
Posted: 6/3/2009