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"Boom Town" quotes

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Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a twenty year period both love the same woman.

Director: Jack Conway
Writer: John Lee Mahin, James Edward Grant
Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Genre: drama, western
Year: 1940
MetaScore: N/A/100
ImdbRating: 7.1
BoxOffice: N/A
Released: 30 Aug 1940
Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. 2 nominations total
There's a dry hole in every foot of this stuff - Boom Town 00:06 There's a dry hole in every foot of this stuff Come and get it Rabbit la modee - Boom Town 00:05 Come and get it Rabbit la modee McMasters is a wildcatter - Boom Town 00:31 McMasters is a wildcatter Goodbye stranger - Boom Town 00:06 Goodbye stranger A man always worries about his tie when he's in love doesn't he - Boom Town 00:07 A man always worries about his tie when he's in love... Yeah you said it You're high class - Boom Town 00:23 Yeah you said it You're high class You never got much out of this did you - Boom Town 00:11 You never got much out of this did you Karen there's something I want to tell you - Boom Town 00:10 Karen there's something I want to tell you I wouldn't go back with him if he was the last thing in the world to eat - Boom Town 00:05 I wouldn't go back with him if he was the last thing in... You got it all fixed haven't you Sure I have - Boom Town 00:08 You got it all fixed haven't you Sure I have What do you think - Boom Town 00:11 What do you think He was a burglar and I licked him down to his size - Boom Town 00:04 He was a burglar and I licked him down to his size Evans has signed with him - Boom Town 00:13 Evans has signed with him Get my car hooked onto the first train leaving for Tulsa - Boom Town 00:05 Get my car hooked onto the first train leaving for Tulsa Listen Square John this ain't no good for us here - Boom Town 00:07 Listen Square John this ain't no good for us here You don't know how it is to love someone so much - Boom Town 00:28 You don't know how it is to love someone so much It's a heck of a fuss to make over a Dutch daffodil - Boom Town 00:05 It's a heck of a fuss to make over a Dutch daffodil I feel just like a Swiss tunnel - Boom Town 00:08 I feel just like a Swiss tunnel It must be awfully boring listening to a woman who knows what she wants - Boom Town 00:06 It must be awfully boring listening to a woman who knows... Ain't it the truth - Boom Town 00:11 Ain't it the truth You know Karen I may not look much like a lady's man - Boom Town 00:27 You know Karen I may not look much like a lady's man Karen you're a pretty smart little gal - Boom Town 00:17 Karen you're a pretty smart little gal Scram you I'll buy you a diamond day bed for Christmas - Boom Town 00:05 Scram you I'll buy you a diamond day bed for Christmas You know you're the prettiest gal east of Frisco in that little rig - Boom Town 00:07 You know you're the prettiest gal east of Frisco in... Hello Uncle Square John Do you wanna play Shooting Indians with me - Boom Town 00:05 Hello Uncle Square John Do you wanna play Shooting Indians... Cans of catfish and dang my tired eyes - Boom Town 00:04 Cans of catfish and dang my tired eyes Look you've got to learn to take no for an answer once in a while - Boom Town 00:09 Look you've got to learn to take no for an answer once... Looks as if I'm going to be a very lonely girl tonight - Boom Town 00:11 Looks as if I'm going to be a very lonely girl tonight Am I interrupting Or are ladies allowed - Boom Town 00:04 Am I interrupting Or are ladies allowed What goes on here - Boom Town 00:09 What goes on here Yeah I guess I was always supposed to play the lone wolf - Boom Town 00:06 Yeah I guess I was always supposed to play the lone wolf Hey I heard about you stumbling onto that big field out there - Boom Town 00:11 Hey I heard about you stumbling onto that big field out... What's the matter with us Him - Boom Town 00:04 What's the matter with us Him You know you're much younger than I thought you'd be - Boom Town 00:15 You know you're much younger than I thought you'd... The Indian I leased the land from gave a dance last night - Boom Town 00:06 The Indian I leased the land from gave a dance last night He's got his eye on a wildcat back in Oklahoma and we're saving every nickel - Boom Town 00:05 He's got his eye on a wildcat back in Oklahoma and... I could use somebody to smoosh these candy politicians though - Boom Town 00:05 I could use somebody to smoosh these candy politicians... Evie you're a good kid but keep all your teeth - Boom Town 00:05 Evie you're a good kid but keep all your teeth Oh you are my gal - Boom Town 00:15 Oh you are my gal Well wildcatting it is - Boom Town 00:04 Well wildcatting it is You go see the Murphy boys and sit around and lie a little bit to each other - Boom Town 00:13 You go see the Murphy boys and sit around and lie a little... Tom Ed you long lost Comanches I heard you hit it - Boom Town 00:08 Tom Ed you long lost Comanches I heard you hit it You're rich mister There's yeast in the buckwheat - Boom Town 00:22 You're rich mister There's yeast in the buckwheat Here But it looks like a church - Boom Town 00:22 Here But it looks like a church Say this sounds very gay What's in here - Boom Town 00:29 Say this sounds very gay What's in here Lady Elaine is selling women's underwear I want you to buy till it hurts - Boom Town 00:06 Lady Elaine is selling women's underwear I want you to... What are you doing here - Boom Town 00:31 What are you doing here Don't order fried chicken it's three year old jackrabbit - Boom Town 00:14 Don't order fried chicken it's three year old... She kind of rustled her bustle at you didn't she - Boom Town 00:04 She kind of rustled her bustle at you didn't she What I thought it was Galahad - Boom Town 00:16 What I thought it was Galahad Don't stand there trembling like a pen wiper What business - Boom Town 00:05 Don't stand there trembling like a pen wiper What... I can't lose I'm knee deep in clover Just for luck Shorty - Boom Town 00:08 I can't lose I'm knee deep in clover Just for luck... Forget it - Boom Town 00:09 Forget it We'll pay Luther back double Come on you wild kitty Spit - Boom Town 00:15 We'll pay Luther back double Come on you wild kitty... Say here's a reskipe for lemon meringoo pie - Boom Town 00:11 Say here's a reskipe for lemon meringoo pie Don't that sound pretty If you're so interested in cooking - Boom Town 00:07 Don't that sound pretty If you're so interested in... Nice day for the race ain't it - Boom Town 00:07 Nice day for the race ain't it I'm an oil man too you know I haven't been drilling all my life for gophers - Boom Town 00:11 I'm an oil man too you know I haven't been... Well blood on the moon - Boom Town 00:04 Well blood on the moon Who's your cheerful friend John Him That's Shorty - Boom Town 00:16 Who's your cheerful friend John Him That's Shorty Throw your little derrick up right here And happy days - Boom Town 00:05 Throw your little derrick up right here And happy days Don't call me Shorty But Holy Moses he called you Shorty - Boom Town 00:05 Don't call me Shorty But Holy Moses he called you... I'm here for laughs and checking out in the morning - Boom Town 00:19 I'm here for laughs and checking out in the morning Hey what do you John - Boom Town 00:08 Hey what do you John What do people think I am a good fairy - Boom Town 00:05 What do people think I am a good fairy You're an oil man aren't you All oil men are crazy - Boom Town 00:07 You're an oil man aren't you All oil men are crazy You can always say you were a big man once - Boom Town 00:04 You can always say you were a big man once Everybody likes Big John don't they Yeah He's high test ma'am - Boom Town 00:06 Everybody likes Big John don't they Yeah He's high... Wait I was pulling oil out of the ground when your ma was giving it to you - Boom Town 00:07 Wait I was pulling oil out of the ground when your ma was... Don't fly off half cocked I I'll fly a kite down your windpipe - Boom Town 00:05 Don't fly off half cocked I I'll fly a kite down... He wanted these guys to produce less oil - Boom Town 00:56 He wanted these guys to produce less oil Why don't you let me bust him boss I'd rather have you keep your health - Boom Town 00:06 Why don't you let me bust him boss I'd rather have... Hey wait a minute Where you going Let go I pick my own posies jughead - Boom Town 00:06 Hey wait a minute Where you going Let go I pick my own... Evie you're a good kid but keep all your teeth - Boom Town 00:05 Evie you're a good kid but keep all your teeth Scram you I'll buy you a diamond day bed for Christmas - Boom Town 00:05 Scram you I'll buy you a diamond day bed for Christmas With his brains and hands - Boom Town 00:03 With his brains and hands You sure can talk straight to a fella and ball him up at the same time - Boom Town 00:06 You sure can talk straight to a fella and ball him up at the... Hey Whitey I'll be back down like a spring breeze - Boom Town 00:14 Hey Whitey I'll be back down like a spring breeze What I'm not blaming you maybe - Boom Town 00:29 What I'm not blaming you maybe

Cast

Big John McMasters - Clark Gable
Square John Sand - Spencer Tracy
Betsy Bartlett - Claudette Colbert
Karen Vanmeer - Hedy Lamarr
Luther Aldrich - Frank Morgan