The Roaring Twenties

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James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart star in this story of three friends who return from World War I to the United States in the era of jazz, speakeasies and bootleggers--The Roaring Twenties!

George Hally (Bogart), Eddie Bartlett (Cagney) and Lloyd Hart (Jeffey Lynn) become rich and powerful working both sides of the law in the decade after the War. But the stock market crash and a woman, Jean Sherman (Priscilla Lane), loved by both Hally and Hart, spell a violent end to their lives of crime.

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Release:

1939

Running Time:

104 min

Certificate:

Contains mild violence

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Genre:

Drama

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Director:

Raoul Walsh

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Sam Spade
Prohibition-era gangster classic
06 December 2008
One of the key titles of the 1930s gangster cycle, this one again sends James Cagney on a rise to power. Distinguished by its 1920s prohibition storyline, the film is set amidst the underworld of speakeasies and bootleg liquor. The First World War becomes the raison d'être for crime waves in the 20s. Here we see Cagney and Bogart in the trenches where they have learnt to kill – Bogart callously snipes an unseen young German soldier moments before the Armistice is announced – only to return to society as unemployable veterans. Struggling to survive, Cagney stumbles into a life of crime and is soon developing his own brand of undrinkable (though popular) bathtub liquor. Though famous for his trademark machine-gun vocal delivery, also on-show here is Cagney’s uniquely visual performance style, all clenched fists and menacing stances.
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