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The Roaring Twenties

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

75

User score · 278 votes

Favorable

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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Top cast

  • James Cagney

    James Cagney

    Eddie Bartlett

  • Priscilla Lane

    Priscilla Lane

    Jean Sherman

  • Humphrey Bogart

    Humphrey Bogart

    George Hally

  • Gladys George

    Gladys George

    Panama Smith

  • Jeffrey Lynn

    Jeffrey Lynn

    Lloyd Hart

  • Frank McHugh

    Frank McHugh

    Danny Green

  • Paul Kelly

    Paul Kelly

    Nick Brown

  • Elisabeth Risdon

    Elisabeth Risdon

    Mrs. Sherman

  • Edward Keane

    Edward Keane

    Henderson

  • Joe Sawyer

    Joe Sawyer

    The Sergeant

  • Joseph Crehan

    Joseph Crehan

    Michaels

  • George Meeker

    George Meeker

    Masters

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