Film

The Roaring Twenties

1939 · 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!

IMDb

7.9

Rotten Tomatoes

100%

Metacritic

80

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.

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

Joseph Crehan

Michaels

George Meeker

Masters

John Hamilton

Judge

Robert Elliott

First Detective

Eddy Chandler

Second Detective

Abner Biberman

Henchman

• Raoul WalshDirector
• Robert RossenScreenplay
• Jerry WaldScreenplay
• Richard MacaulayScreenplay
• Mark HellingerStory
• Hal B. WallisProducer
• Samuel BischoffProducer
• Ernest HallerDirector of Photography
• Ray HeindorfOriginal Music Composer
• Heinz RoemheldOriginal Music Composer

The Roaring Twenties ≣ 1939 ≣ TrailerThe Roaring Twenties (1939) Trailer

Release date

October 28, 1939

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 44m

Rated

G

Genres

Crime, Drama, Thriller

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