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.
Boom Town has generally received positive reviews.
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Boom Town was released in 1940 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 24 reviews, giving Boom Town (1940) an average rating of 68%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 77%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 65%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Boom Town than critics were.
With a score of 68%, Boom Town is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1940, which stands at 63%.
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