The Roaring Twenties

The Roaring Twenties

:"For the time period, see Roaring Twenties and 1920s . Also, there was a 1960s television series and 2008 Irish sitcom of the same name."

Infobox Film | name =The Roaring Twenties


caption =
director = Raoul Walsh
producer =
writer = Mark Hellinger (story The World Moves On)
Jerry Wald
Richard Macaulay
Robert Rossen
starring =James Cagney
Priscilla Lane
Humphrey Bogart
Gladys George
music =
cinematography =
editing =
distributor = Warner Bros.
released = October 23, 1939
runtime = 104 min
language = English
budget =
amg_id = 1:41622
imdb_id = 0031867

"The Roaring Twenties" is a 1939 crime thriller starring James Cagney, Priscilla Lane, and Humphrey Bogart. The movie was directed by Raoul Walsh, who also directed "The Big Trail", "They Died with Their Boots On", "High Sierra", and "White Heat".

Plot

After the World War I armistice, Lloyd Hart (Jeffrey Lynn) goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally (Humphrey Bogart) turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie Bartlett (James Cagney) 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. Gladys George plays a night club hostess clearly based on Texas Guinan.

Cast

*James Cagney as Eddie Bartlett
*Priscilla Lane as Jean Sherman
*Humphrey Bogart as George Hally
*Gladys George as Panama Smith
*Jeffrey Lynn as Lloyd Hart
*Frank McHugh as Danny Green
*George Meeker as Harold Masters

Quotes

* "He used to be a big shot." - Gladys George as Panama Smith.

External links

*imdb title|id=0031867|title=The Roaring Twenties
* [http://home.aol.com/MG4273/walsh.htm The Films of Raoul Walsh]


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