THE ROARING TWENTIES (1939)

RAOUL WALSH

Classics Drama Thriller Gangster/Mob 1920s Romance Historical Whisky's Wonders Recommended

Cast

JAMES CAGNEY PRISCILLA LANE HUMPHREY BOGART GLADYS GEORGE JEFFREY LYNN FRANK MCHUGH PAUL KELLY

Plot

After WW1, Lloyd returns to practice law, out-of-work Eddie Bartlett becomes a cab driver and former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging. Good guy Eddie builds up a fleet of cabs through the reluctant delivery of bootleg liquor and hires Lloyd as his lawyer. Ruthless George becomes Eddie's partner and the rackets flourish until love and rivalry interfere. An archetypal gangster thriller.