Boom Town

views updated

Boom Town ★★½ 1940

A lively vintage comedy/drama/romance about two oil-drilling buddies competing amid romantic mix-ups and fortunes gained and lost. 120m/B VHS, DVD . Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, Claudette Colbert, Hedy Lamarr, Frank Morgan, Lionel Atwill, Chill Wills, Curt Bois; D: Jack Conway; W: John Lee Mahin; C: Harold Rosson, Elwood “Woody” Bredell; M: Franz Waxman.

More From encyclopedia.com