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The Roaring Twenties
The Roaring Twenties
Director:Raoul Walsh
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.
Release:
1939 / 10 / 28
Rating:
7.467
Genres & Subgenres:
Detective
Drama
Thriller
Tags:
James Cagney
as
Eddie Bartlett
Priscilla Lane
as
Jean Sherman
Humphrey Bogart
as
George Hally
Paul Kelly
as
Nick Brown
Elisabeth Risdon
as
Mrs. Sherman
Joe Sawyer
as
The Sergeant
John Hamilton
as
Judge
Abner Biberman
as
Henchman
Robert Armstrong
as
Hatted Passerby Before Nightclub (uncredited)
Raymond Bailey
as
2nd Ex-Con (uncredited)
James Flavin
as
Policeman (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
as
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Fred Graham
as
Henchman Eddie Pushes Over Railing (uncredited)
Creighton Hale
as
Customer (uncredited)
Al Hill
as
1st Ex-Con (uncredited)
Adolf Hitler
as
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mike Lally
as
Gangster (uncredited)
Emory Parnell
as
Gangster (uncredited)
Amzie Strickland
as
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Leo White
as
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Frank Wilcox
as
Cabbie at Grand Central (uncredited)