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The Roaring Twenties (1939)

1h 44m · 28 Oct 1939

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

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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.

Movie ID71491
GenreCrime, Drama, Thriller
DirectorRaoul Walsh
Main castJames Cagney, Priscilla Lane, Humphrey Bogart, Gladys George, Jeffrey Lynn, Frank McHugh, Paul Kelly, Elisabeth Risdon
Release date28 October 1939
Release year1939
LanguageEnglish
Duration104 min (1h 44m)
Rating7.5 / 10 (TMDB)
Production houseWarner Bros. Pictures

Director: Raoul Walsh
Writers: Mark Hellinger, Richard Macaulay, Jerry Wald, Robert Rossen

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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 John HamiltonJudge Robert ElliottFirst Detective Eddy ChandlerSecond Detective Abner BibermanHenchman Vera LewisMrs. Gray
John DeeringNarrator (voice)
Eddie AcuffCabbie (uncredited)
Ernie AlexanderBootleg Customer (uncredited)

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