Boom Town (1940)
• August 30th, 1940 • 1h 59min
Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
Overview
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.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Heartbreak Hotel
Released on: 2006-03-24
Drama, Comedy
Elisabeth and Gudrun are two Swedish divorcées, both over 40, who meet when Elisabeth parks her car ...
The Legend of Paul and Paula
Released on: 1973-03-14
Drama, Romance
Paul and Paula have had bad experiences with love: Paul is financially well off but has lost all aff...
Dante's Peak
Released on: 1997-02-07
Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Volcanologist Harry Dalton comes to the sleepy town of Dante's Peak to investigate the recent rumbli...
The Wages of Fear
Released on: 1953-04-22
Drama, Thriller, Adventure
In a run-down South American town, four men are paid to drive trucks loaded with nitroglycerin into ...
Shoppen
Released on: 2007-05-02
Comedy, Drama
An almost bombproof method of staying single is called "speed dating". 18 people participate in such...
You, the Living
Released on: 2007-09-21
Drama, Comedy, Music
In the Swedish city of Lethe, people from different walks of life take part in a series of short, de...
Rollover
Released on: 1981-10-11
Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
An Arab oil organization devises a plan to wreck the world economy in order to cause anarchy and cha...
Wildcat
Released on: 1942-09-03
Drama
Wildcatter Johnny Maverick and his pal go to a town in oil country offering $25,000 to the person wh...
Alias John Law
Released on: 1935-11-04
Western
John Clark (Bob Steele) and his deaf pal, Bootch Collum (Buck Connors), are trailed by U. S. Marshal...
Santaron Bantaron
Released on: 1999-05-02
Comedy, Drama, History
What was the impact of the emergence of oil on Kuwait in particular and on the Gulf society in gener...
Local Hero
Released on: 1983-02-17
Comedy, Drama
An American oil company sends a man to Scotland to buy up an entire village where they want to build...
Three to Tango
Released on: 1999-10-22
Comedy, Romance
Oscar and Peter land a career-making opportunity when a Chicago tycoon chooses them to compete for t...
Grumpy Old Santa
Released on: 2023-09-12
Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Nic (Glenn Morshower), a devoted father, husband, and friend with a passion for fishing and bowling,...
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Released on: 1988-02-05
Drama, Romance
Successful surgeon Tomas leaves Prague for an operation, meets a young photographer named Tereza, an...
Happiness
Released on: 1998-10-11
Comedy, Drama
The lives of several individuals intertwine as they go about their lives in their own unique ways, e...
The Taste of Others
Released on: 2000-03-01
Drama, Comedy, Romance
Unpolished and ultra-pragmatic industrialist Jean-Jacques Castella reluctantly attends Racine's trag...
Urban Cowboy
Released on: 1980-06-06
Drama, Romance, Western
After moving to Pasadena, Texas, country boy Bud Davis starts hanging around a bar called Gilley's, ...
The Salvation
Released on: 2014-05-22
Drama, Western
In 1870s America, a peaceful American settler kills his family's murderer which unleashes the fury o...
Double Deal
Released on: 1950-12-01
Mystery, Drama, Adventure
An oil engineer surrounded by foul play helps an heiress bring in a well.
The Houston Story
Released on: 1956-02-01
Crime, Drama
A Texas oil driller schemes to steal millions of dollars in oil.