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About
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.
Theatrical
Aug 30, 1940
Box Office
$5.0M
Budget
$1.6M
Return
3.1x
DVD / Blu-ray
Jun 20, 2006
Theaters
1
Director
Writers
Producer
Music
Studio
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Keywords
Cast
Full credits →C
Clark Gable
Big John McMasters
S
Spencer Tracy
Square John Sand
C
Claudette Colbert
Betsy Bartlett
H
Hedy Lamarr
Karen Vanmeer
F
Frank Morgan
Luther Aldrich
L
Lionel Atwill
Harry Compton
C
Chill Wills
Harmony Jones
M
Marion Martin
Whitey
M
Minna Gombell
Spanish Eva
J
Joe Yule
Ed Murphy
H
Horace Murphy
Tom Murphy
M
Marietta Canty
Maid
C
Curt Bois
Ferdie the Tailor
R
Richard Lane
Assistant D.A.
G
George Lessey
Judge
S
Sara Haden
Miss Barnes
F
Frank Orth
Barber
C
Charles Coleman
McMasters' Butler
N
Nell Craig
Compton's Secretary
B
Byron Foulger
Geologist
