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The land of the free gone wild! The heyday of the hotcha! The shock-crammed days G-men took ten whole years to lick! - The Roaring Twenties
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Title: The Roaring Twenties

Release Date: 28 Oct 1939

Runtime: 1h 44m

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Director: Warner Bros. Pictures

Production Companies: Warner Bros. Pictures

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.

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Average Vote: 7.464 (239 votes)

Cast

  • Eddie Bartlett: James Cagney
  • Jean Sherman: Priscilla Lane
  • George Hally: Humphrey Bogart
  • Panama Smith: Gladys George
  • Lloyd Hart: Jeffrey Lynn
  • Danny Green: Frank McHugh
  • Nick Brown: Paul Kelly
  • Mrs. Sherman: Elisabeth Risdon
  • Henderson: Edward Keane
  • The Sergeant: Joe Sawyer
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