17 Feb 1983
Local Hero
An American oil company sends a man to Scotland to buy up an entire village where they want to build a refinery. But things don't go as expected.
Boom Town
Where Men Are Rough And Tough . . . And Like Their Women The Same Way !
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.
Top Billed Cast
Clark Gable Big John McMasters
Spencer Tracy Square John Sand
Claudette Colbert Betsy Bartlett
Hedy Lamarr Karen Vanmeer
Frank Morgan Luther Aldrich
Lionel Atwill Harry Compton
Chill Wills Harmony Jones
Marion Martin Whitey
Minna Gombell Spanish Eva
Joe Yule Ed Murphy
Horace Murphy Tom Murphy
Marietta Canty Maid
Curt Bois Ferdie the Tailor
Richard Lane Assistant D.A.
George Lessey Judge
Sara Haden Miss Barnes
Frank Orth Barber
Charles Coleman McMasters' Butler
Nell Craig Compton's Secretary
Byron Foulger Geologist
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