Saturday, 23 October 2021

ALL-TIME CLASSIC MOVIE FAVOURITES – THE ROARING TWENTIES (1939)

 

“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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