Boom Town
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.
- Director
- Jack Conway
- Signature
- Drama · Craft · Action
- Worldwide
- $5M
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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.
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Box Office & Release
Boom Town returned 3.1× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $2M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $5M
- Release date
- Aug 30, 1940
- Runtime
- 1h 59m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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