Ben Mankiewicz Intro - Boom Town (1940)

Boom Town - (Re-issue Trailer)

Friends become rivals when they strike it rich in oil in Boom Town (1940), starring Clark Gable & Spencer Tracy.

Boom Town (1940) -- (Movie Clip) Don't Call Me Shorty!

Two more in a cavalcade of buddy scenes, wildcatters Big John (Clark Gable) and Square John (Spencer Tracy), first gambling then conning banker Luther (Frank Morgan), Texas, 1918, in director Jack Conway's Boom Town, 1940.

Boom Town (1940) -- (Movie Clip) You Married A Millionaire!

Square John (Spencer Tracy) splashes into town having finally struck oil in Texas, telling partner Big John (Clark Gable), who tells Betsy (Claudette Colbert), who has news for them both, in MGM's Boom Town, 1940.

Boom Town (1940) -- (Movie Clip) You're On My Land!

Giant fire at the well appears to parallel raging tensions between partners Big John (Clark Gable) and Square John (Spencer Tracy), in a famous sequence from director Jack Conway's Boom Town, 1940.

Boom Town (1940) -- (Movie Clip) Smells A Little Gamey

Nutty long-time Investor Luther (Frank Morgan), tailor Ferdie (Curt Bois) and especially alluring Karen (Hedy Lamarr) are witness to the spectacle of partners-turned-rivals now big-timers Big John (Clark Gable) and Square John (Spencer Tracy) teaming up again, in Boom Town, 1940.