The Roaring Twenties poster
Director Raoul Walsh
Screenplay Robert Rossen, Jerry Wald, Richard Macaulay

The Roaring Twenties

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

Release Date: 1939-10-28

Duration: 104 minutes

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.

Casting

  • Priscilla Lane
    Jean Sherman
  • Humphrey Bogart
    George Hally
  • Raymond Bailey
    2nd Ex-Con (uncredited)
  • Adolf Hitler
    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Fred Graham
    Henchman Eddie Pushes Over Railing (uncredited)
  • Bess Flowers
    Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
  • Amzie Strickland
    Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
  • Michael Jeffers
    Joe - The Bartender (uncredited)
  • Emory Parnell
    Gangster (uncredited)
  • James Cagney
    Eddie Bartlett