Boom Town
MovieTitle | Boom Town |
User score | 6.9 |
Release date | Aug 30, 1940 |
Genre | Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western |
Director | Jack Conway |
Production country | United States of America |
Production companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Budget | $1,600,000 |
Revenue | $5,000,000 |
Run time | 119 min. |
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.