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The Roaring Twenties

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The Roaring Twenties (1939)

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Reviews Counted: 8 Fresh: 8  Rotten:0 Average Rating: 7.4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins
Synopsis:
It's the original drug war and bullets are flying in this classic gangster film. Cagney plays the role of a tough bootlegger who encounters two old army buddies years after the war in which they fought together. A fine screen adaptation of a story by Mark Hellinger.... [More]
It's the original drug war and bullets are flying in this classic gangster film. Cagney plays the role of a tough bootlegger who encounters two old army buddies years after the war in which they fought together. A fine screen adaptation of a story by Mark Hellinger. [Less]

Genre: Action/Adventure

Starring: James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, Jeffrey Lynn, Priscilla Lane, Frank McHugh

Director: Raoul Walsh
Producer: Samuel Bischoff
Director: Anatole Litvak
Story: Mark Hellinger
Composer: Heinz Roemheld, Ray Heindorf

DVD Info

Release:

Jan 25, 2005

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region (unknonw)
  • Keep Case
  • Full Frame - 1.33

Audio:

  • Mono 1.0 English

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06/24/06 03:45 AM
Geoff Andrew
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One of the last great gangster films of the 1930s. Cagney brings a touch of poignancy to the hood who time has passed by, and Gladys George is splendid as Panama.

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06/02/06 10:35 AM
Bob Bloom
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01/28/06 03:51 AM
Frank S. Nugent
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10/09/05 08:37 PM
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06/26/05 12:48 AM
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An epochal rise-and-fall epic of the gangster cycle.

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02/03/05 10:13 AM
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08/13/04 04:39 PM
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05/24/03 08:17 AM
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The Roaring Twenties (1939) is action director Raoul Walsh's first gangster film. This newsreel-like, semi-documentary film,

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