

The Roaring Twenties
1939 · Movie · 1h 44m
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"The land of the free gone wild! The heyday of the hotcha! The shock-crammed days G-men took ten whole years to lick!"
Overview
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.
Ratings
IMDb
7.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes
100%
Metacritic
80/100
Key crew
- Raoul WalshDirector
- Jerry WaldScreenplay
- Richard MacaulayScreenplay
- Robert RossenScreenplay
- Ray HeindorfOriginal Music Composer
- Heinz RoemheldOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- James CagneyEddie Bartlett
- Priscilla LaneJean Sherman
- Humphrey BogartGeorge Hally
- Gladys GeorgePanama Smith
- Jeffrey LynnLloyd Hart
- Frank McHughDanny Green
- Paul KellyNick Brown
- Elisabeth RisdonMrs. Sherman
- Edward KeaneHenderson
- Joe SawyerThe Sergeant
- Joseph CrehanMichaels
- George MeekerMasters
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Themes
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