“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
