Dynamic, quintessential gangster film, wonderfully stylized by director Raoul Walsh,
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
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Reviews Counted:10
Fresh:10
Rotten:0
Average Rating:7.3/10
Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
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... 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]
Starring: James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, Jeffrey Lynn, Priscilla Lane
Starring: James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, Jeffrey Lynn, Priscilla Lane, Frank McHugh, Paul Kelly, Elisabeth Risdon, Edward Keane, Joe Sawyer
Director: Raoul Walsh, Anatole Litvak
Director: Raoul Walsh
Producer: Samuel Bischoff
Director: Anatole Litvak
Story: Mark Hellinger
Composer: Heinz Roemheld, Ray Heindorf
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It has a good cast and the production values were first-class, allowing it to rise slightly above its hackneyed script.
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.
The Roaring Twenties (1939) is action director Raoul Walsh's first gangster film. This newsreel-like, semi-documentary film,
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