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Information
- Year
- 1940
- Runtime
- 119 min.
- Director
- Jack Conway
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Adventure
- Rating *
- 7.1
- Votes *
- 1,896
- Checks
- 215
- Favs
- 4
- Dislikes
- 2
- Favs/checks
- 1.9% (1:54)
- Favs/dislikes
- 2:1
Top comments
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Siskoid
Boom Town pits Clark Gable and Spencer Tracy against one another for the affections of Claudette Colbert in this oil tycoon saga set over 20 years of the early 20th Century (not that they seem to age much over the course of the picture). In turns romantic western, procedural oil drilling adventure, and court room drama, the flick shows us friends becoming enemies then friends again as their fortunes, both financial and romantic, change, and is well supported by the leads' performances. Boom Town doesn't take itself too seriously, but the end result is psychologically logical, whether you root for Gable's flighty bad boy or Tracy's dependable sourpuss, or both, in turns or simultaneously. 6 years 3 months ago