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The Roaring Twenties

19391h 44mCrime · Drama · Thriller
directed by Raoul Walsh

“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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7.5 / 10
271 votes
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7.9 / 10
16,367 votes
Metacritic
80 / 100
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100%

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Synopsis

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.

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
Joe Sawyer·The Sergeant