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The Roaring Twenties

The land of the free gone wild! The heyday of the hotcha! The shock-crammed days G-men took ten whole years to lick!

  • Movie
  • 1939
  • 1h 44m

Directed by Raoul Walsh

7.5

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7.5 out of 10 from 279 votes

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After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie Bartlett becomes a cab driver. Eddie builds a fleet of cabs through delivery of bootleg liquor and hires Lloyd as his lawyer. George becomes Eddie's partner and the rackets flourish until love and rivalry interfere.

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Cast and crew

  • James Cagney

    James CagneyEddie Bartlett

  • Priscilla Lane

    Priscilla LaneJean Sherman

  • Humphrey Bogart

    Humphrey BogartGeorge Hally

  • Gladys George

    Gladys GeorgePanama Smith

  • Jeffrey Lynn

    Jeffrey LynnLloyd Hart

  • Frank McHugh

    Frank McHughDanny Green

  • Paul Kelly

    Paul KellyNick Brown

  • Elisabeth Risdon

    Elisabeth RisdonMrs. Sherman

  • Edward Keane

    Edward KeaneHenderson

  • Joe Sawyer

    Joe SawyerThe Sergeant

  • Joseph Crehan

    Joseph CrehanMichaels

  • George Meeker

    George MeekerMasters

  • John Hamilton

    John HamiltonJudge

  • Robert Elliott

    Robert ElliottFirst Detective

  • Eddy Chandler

    Eddy ChandlerSecond Detective

  • Abner Biberman

    Abner BibermanHenchman

  • Vera Lewis

    Vera LewisMrs. Gray

  • John DeeringNarrator (voice)

Director
Raoul Walsh
Writer
Mark Hellinger, Richard Macaulay and Jerry Wald
Music
Heinz Roemheld and Ray Heindorf
Cinematography
Ernest Haller