Story :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.
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
Curt BoisFerdie the Tailor
Richard LaneAssistant D.A.
George LesseyJudge
Sara HadenMiss Barnes
Frank OrthBarber
Charles ColemanMcMasters' Butler
Nell CraigCompton's Secretary
Byron FoulgerGeologist
Harry HaydenArchitect
Eddy WallerHotel Desk Clerk in Burkburnett
Roy GordonMcCreery
Casey JohnsonLittle Jack
Baby QuintanillaBaby Jack
Frank McGlynn Sr.Deacon
Bess FlowersWorker in McMasters' Office (uncredited)
Barbara BedfordNurse (uncredited)
Hank BellHank - Man in Dance Hall (uncredited)
Charles D. BrownU.S. Marshal Stebbins (uncredited)
Francis X. Bushman Jr.Man with Nitroglycerine (uncredited)
Marietta CantyKaren's Maid (uncredited)
Charles ColemanParker - McMasters' Butler (uncredited)
James ConatyMan Working in McMasters' Office (uncredited)
Dick CurtisHiring Boss (uncredited)
Helen DicksonMrs. Summers (uncredited)
James DimeTownsman (uncredited)
Eddie DunnWildcatter (uncredited)
Franklyn FarnumAlarmed Townsman (uncredited)
Pat FlahertyMan at Dice Table (uncredited)
Sam GarrettRider / Roper (uncredited)
George GuhlBaggage Man (uncredited)
Frank HagneyMan Abandoned by Whitey (uncredited)
William HalliganMcCreery's Associate #2 (uncredited)
John HamiltonMcMasters' Defense Attorney (uncredited)
Tom HanlonRacetrack Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Harry HaydenSmith - the Architect (uncredited)
Holmes HerbertDoctor (uncredited)
Howard HickmanMcCreery's Associate #1 (uncredited)
Earle HodginsRodeo Barker (uncredited)
Shep HoughtonSaloon Brawler (uncredited)
Jack IngramOilman at Producers' Convention (uncredited)
Sheldon JettOil Man at Meeting (uncredited)
Robert Emmett KeaneOilman in New York (uncredited)