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.
Genres:
Clark Gable as Big John McMasters
Spencer Tracy as Square John Sand
Claudette Colbert as Betsy Bartlett
Hedy Lamarr as Karen Vanmeer
Frank Morgan as Luther Aldrich
Lionel Atwill as Harry Compton
Chill Wills as Harmony Jones
Marion Martin as Whitey
Minna Gombell as Spanish Eva
Joe Yule as Ed Murphy
Horace Murphy as Tom Murphy
Marietta Canty as Maid
Curt Bois as Ferdie the Tailor
Richard Lane as Assistant D.A.
George Lessey as Judge
Sara Haden as Miss Barnes
Frank Orth as Barber
Charles Coleman as McMasters' Butler
Nell Craig as Compton's Secretary
Byron Foulger as Geologist
Harry Hayden as Architect
Eddy Waller as Hotel Desk Clerk in Burkburnett
Roy Gordon as McCreery
Casey Johnson as Little Jack
Baby Quintanilla as Baby Jack
Frank McGlynn Sr. as Deacon
Bess Flowers as Worker in McMasters' Office (uncredited)
Barbara Bedford as Nurse (uncredited)
Hank Bell as Hank - Man in Dance Hall (uncredited)
Charles D. Brown as U.S. Marshal Stebbins (uncredited)
Francis X. Bushman Jr. as Man with Nitroglycerine (uncredited)
Marietta Canty as Karen's Maid (uncredited)
Charles Coleman as Parker - McMasters' Butler (uncredited)
James Conaty as Man Working in McMasters' Office (uncredited)
Dick Curtis as Hiring Boss (uncredited)
Helen Dickson as Mrs. Summers (uncredited)
James Dime as Townsman (uncredited)
Eddie Dunn as Wildcatter (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum as Alarmed Townsman (uncredited)
Pat Flaherty as Man at Dice Table (uncredited)
Sam Garrett as Rider / Roper (uncredited)
George Guhl as Baggage Man (uncredited)
Frank Hagney as Man Abandoned by Whitey (uncredited)
William Halligan as McCreery's Associate #2 (uncredited)
John Hamilton as McMasters' Defense Attorney (uncredited)
Tom Hanlon as Racetrack Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Harry Hayden as Smith - the Architect (uncredited)
Holmes Herbert as Doctor (uncredited)
Howard Hickman as McCreery's Associate #1 (uncredited)
Earle Hodgins as Rodeo Barker (uncredited)
Shep Houghton as Saloon Brawler (uncredited)
Jack Ingram as Oilman at Producers' Convention (uncredited)
Sheldon Jett as Oil Man at Meeting (uncredited)
Robert Emmett Keane as Oilman in New York (uncredited)
Mitchell Lewis as Venezuelan Foreman (uncredited)
Tom London as Sheriff Harris (uncredited)
Frank McLure as Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
Carlotta Monti as Saloon Hostess Fighting Whitey (uncredited)
Philip Morris as Oil Man (uncredited)
John T. Murray as Mr. Springtime (uncredited)
Wedgwood Nowell as Oilman at Producers' Convention (uncredited)
Ted Oliver as Man Asking 4 Bits to Cross (uncredited)
Nestor Paiva as Venezuelan Officer (uncredited)
Milton Parsons as Aldrich's Assistant (uncredited)
Lee Phelps as Man Fighting Oil Fire (uncredited)
Henry Roquemore as Mr. Summers (uncredited)
Larry Steers as Lawyer at Prosecution's Table (uncredited)
Bert Stevens as Hotel Lobby Extra (uncredited)
William Tannen as Hotel Desk Clerk #1 (uncredited)
Eddy Waller as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Harry Wilson as Townsman (uncredited)
Tom Wilson as Man in Saloon (uncredited)
Douglas Wood as Oil Man at New York Meeting (uncredited)
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