“The Roaring Twenties” is a Crime Drama, screenplay by Jerry Wald, Richard Macaulay and Robert Rossen, from a Story by Mark Hellinger and Directed by Raoul Walsh.
The
story begins in the dying moments of World War I and after the Armistice Lloyd
Hart (Jeffrey Lynn) goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally
(Humphrey Bogart) turns to bootlegging, and Eddie Bartlett (James Cagney)
becomes a cab driver.
Through
delivering bootleg liquor Eddie manages to build a fleet of cabs and hires Lloyd
as his lawyer and George and Eddie become partners in the flourishing rackets,
but love, loyalty and rivalry will ultimately bring everything crashing down.
Priscilla
Lane, Gladys George, Frank McHugh and Paul Kelly complete the line up in this
absolute classic
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