The Roaring Twenties (1939)

7.5/10 104 min Crime Drama Thriller

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.

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

Joseph Crehan

Michaels

George Meeker

Masters

John Hamilton

Judge

Robert Elliott

First Detective

Eddy Chandler

Second Detective

Abner Biberman

Henchman

Vera Lewis

Mrs. Gray

Eddie Acuff

Cabbie (uncredited)

Recommendations

The Glass Key
Each Dawn I Die
The Asphalt Jungle
Little Caesar
The Unholy Three
Plunder Road
5 Against the House
The Locket
Witness to Murder
Thunder Road
The Mechanic
The Quiller Memorandum
The Public Enemy
House of Strangers
Indemnity
The Enforcer
The Truth About Emanuel
Murder on the Orient Express
Nightfall
House of Bamboo