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Boom Town Cast & Characters

Boom Town (1940) stars Clark Gable as Big John McMasters, Spencer Tracy as Square John Sand and Claudette Colbert as Betsy Bartlett. The adventure movie was released August 30, 1940. Below is the full cast and crew.

NR 1940 · 1h 59m 70 Audience

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Starring Cast

Key crew

Director

Jack Conway

Screenplay

John Lee Mahin

Story

James Edward Grant

Producers

Sam Zimbalist

Music

Franz Waxman

Cinematography

Harold Rosson

Editor

Blanche Sewell

Costume design

Adrian

Full cast

73 cast members

Big John McMasters

Square John Sand

Claudette Colbert

Ferdie the Tailor

Charles Coleman

McMasters' Butler

Compton's Secretary

Hotel Desk Clerk in Burkburnett

Baby Quintanilla

Frank McGlynn Sr.

Worker in McMasters' Office (uncredited)

Barbara Bedford

Nurse (uncredited)

Hank - Man in Dance Hall (uncredited)

Charles D. Brown

U.S. Marshal Stebbins (uncredited)

Francis X. Bushman Jr.

Man with Nitroglycerine (uncredited)

Karen's Maid (uncredited)

Charles Coleman

Parker - McMasters' Butler (uncredited)

Man Working in McMasters' Office (uncredited)

Hiring Boss (uncredited)

Mrs. Summers (uncredited)

Townsman (uncredited)

Wildcatter (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum

Alarmed Townsman (uncredited)

Man at Dice Table (uncredited)

Rider / Roper (uncredited)

Baggage Man (uncredited)

Man Abandoned by Whitey (uncredited)

William Halligan

McCreery's Associate #2 (uncredited)

McMasters' Defense Attorney (uncredited)

Racetrack Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

Smith - the Architect (uncredited)

Doctor (uncredited)

McCreery's Associate #1 (uncredited)

Rodeo Barker (uncredited)

Saloon Brawler (uncredited)

Oilman at Producers' Convention (uncredited)

Oil Man at Meeting (uncredited)

Robert Emmett Keane

Oilman in New York (uncredited)

Venezuelan Foreman (uncredited)

Sheriff Harris (uncredited)

Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)

Saloon Hostess Fighting Whitey (uncredited)

Oil Man (uncredited)

Mr. Springtime (uncredited)

Wedgwood Nowell

Oilman at Producers' Convention (uncredited)

Man Asking 4 Bits to Cross (uncredited)

Venezuelan Officer (uncredited)

Aldrich's Assistant (uncredited)

Man Fighting Oil Fire (uncredited)

Henry Roquemore

Mr. Summers (uncredited)

Lawyer at Prosecution's Table (uncredited)

Hotel Lobby Extra (uncredited)

Hotel Desk Clerk #1 (uncredited)

Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Townsman (uncredited)

Man in Saloon (uncredited)

Oil Man at New York Meeting (uncredited)

Crew by department

15 crew members

Directing

Director of Photography

Writing

James Edward Grant

Production

Editing

Sound

Douglas Shearer

Sound Recordist

Music

Original Music Composer

Art

Edwin B. Willis

Visual Effects

A. Arnold Gillespie

Special Effects

Special Effects

Costume & Makeup

Sydney Guilaroff

Costume Designer