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.
Big John McMasters
Square John Sand
Betsy Bartlett
Karen Vanmeer
Luther Aldrich
Harry Compton
Harmony Jones
Whitey
Spanish Eva
Ed Murphy
Tom Murphy
Maid
Ferdie the Tailor
Assistant D.A.
Judge
Miss Barnes
Barber
McMasters' Butler
Compton's Secretary
Geologist
Clark Gable has outstanding rapport both with Claudette Colbert, whom he was with in It Happened One Night, and Spencer Tracy, whom he had acted with before in the disaster flick San Francisco, in this fine film which would make an excellent double-bill with There Will Be Blood, for the price of being a prospector of black gold in early 20th-century America. Very enjoyable and thoroughly recommended.
Big John McMasters
Square John Sand
Betsy Bartlett
Karen Vanmeer
Luther Aldrich
Harry Compton
Harmony Jones
Whitey
Spanish Eva
Ed Murphy
Tom Murphy
Maid
Ferdie the Tailor
Assistant D.A.
Judge
Miss Barnes
Barber
McMasters' Butler
Compton's Secretary
Geologist
Clark Gable has outstanding rapport both with Claudette Colbert, whom he was with in It Happened One Night, and Spencer Tracy, whom he had acted with before in the disaster flick San Francisco, in this fine film which would make an excellent double-bill with There Will Be Blood, for the price of being a prospector of black gold in early 20th-century America. Very enjoyable and thoroughly recommended.
