The Roaring Twenties (1939)

10/28/1939 (US) • 1h 44m

Crime, Drama, Thriller

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.

Top Billed Cast

James Cagney

Eddie Bartlett

Priscilla Lane

Jean Sherman

Humphrey Bogart

George Hally

Gladys George

Panama Smith

Jeffrey Lynn

Lloyd Hart

Frank McHugh

Danny Green

Paul Kelly

Nick Brown

Elisabeth Risdon

Mrs. Sherman

Edward Keane

Henderson


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

prohibition era

gangster

great depression

1920s

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