Boom Town

1940 · 119 MIN · IMDB 7.0 · 3,983 VOTES · DIR. Jack Conway

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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.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,964 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:02:13 There you are. One dollar.
00:08:02 Why not, Shorty?
00:13:32 Yeah, well, I think we'd better not take any chances. Come on.
00:20:22 Right back to Burkburnett.
00:25:09 ...my mother broke down and told me all about the big, bad world.
00:29:30 Hey, Big John!
00:34:00 I'll have to sic you on my partner. You'll like Shorty.
00:40:01 Boy, did you miss it. We were pounding the old...
00:44:41 - Good night. - Good night.
00:51:44 Oh, don't worry. There isn't going to be a scene.
00:58:01 - Good day, my friend. - What's good about it?
01:03:49 A new house, Mrs. McMasters?
01:07:51 Well, come on, old man. We'd better go up to the meeting.
01:12:41 Well, I take it all back, Luther. You have changed.
01:16:49 I'll bet McCreery's peering at you over his glasses like an owl.
01:20:59 ...back in my office, I got me two quarts of red liquor.
01:24:47 Hello? Yeah, hello, honey.
01:28:57 ...to show us some of the hot spots. - Okay.
01:33:06 - Well, I certainly... - I wouldn't do that if I were you, Karen.
01:38:02 The joker in their setup is this: You sign with them...
01:43:35 I'll talk to them. I started them in business.
01:49:24 They were trying to break me.
01:53:39 ...but he's not exactly original with that. A lot of us have got those ideas.
500:00:00 if you'd heard anything.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,964
Dialogue density16.5 lines / min
First line00:02:13
Final line500:00:00

Production Record

DirectorJack Conway
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,600,000
Revenue$5,000,000
IMDb votes3,983