The Roaring Twenties (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!
106 min
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.
- Release date
- October 28, 1939
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
Cast
- James Cagney as Eddie Bartlett
- Humphrey Bogart as George Hally
- Priscilla Lane as Jean Sherman
- Gladys George as Panama Smith
- Jeffrey Lynn as Lloyd Hart
- Frank McHugh as Danny Green
- Paul Kelly as Nick Brown
- Elisabeth Risdon as Mrs. Sherman
- Edward Keane as Henderson
- Joe Sawyer as The Sergeant
Crew
- Raoul Walsh · Director
- Jerry Wald · Writer
- Richard Macaulay · Writer
- Robert Rossen · Writer
- Mark Hellinger · Writer
- Ernest Haller · Cinematographer
- Jack Killifer · Editor