The read
A Balasaur Score of 70 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7/10.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
64 audience votes
Key crew
- Jack ConwayDirector
- John Lee MahinScreenplay
- Franz WaxmanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Clark GableBig John McMasters
- Spencer TracySquare John Sand
- Claudette ColbertBetsy Bartlett
- Hedy LamarrKaren Vanmeer
- Frank MorganLuther Aldrich
- Lionel AtwillHarry Compton
- Chill WillsHarmony Jones
- Marion MartinWhitey
- Minna GombellSpanish Eva
- Joe YuleEd Murphy
- Horace MurphyTom Murphy
- Marietta CantyMaid
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Themes
partnershipoiloil tycoonwildcatteroil field