NUUMOVIES
The Roaring Twenties

The Roaring Twenties

Release date: 10/28/1939

Genres:

Crime, Drama, Thriller

Countries:

  • United States of America

Rating:

7.5

The land of the free gone wild! The heyday of the hotcha! The shock-crammed days G-men took ten whole years to lick!

After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie Bartlett becomes a cab driver. Eddie builds a fleet of cabs through delivery of bootleg liquor and hires Lloyd as his lawyer. George becomes Eddie's partner and the rackets flourish until love and rivalry interfere.

Trailer

Actors

James Cagney

Eddie Bartlett

Priscilla Lane

Jean Sherman

Humphrey Bogart

George Hally

Gladys George

Panama Smith

Jeffrey Lynn

Lloyd Hart

Frank McHugh

Danny Green

Paul Kelly

Nick Brown

Elisabeth Risdon

Mrs. Sherman

Edward Keane

Henderson

Joe Sawyer

The Sergeant

Joseph Crehan

Michaels

George Meeker

Masters

John Hamilton

Judge

Robert Elliott

First Detective

Eddy Chandler

Second Detective

Abner Biberman

Henchman

Vera Lewis

Mrs. Gray

Eddie Acuff

Cabbie (uncredited)

Murray Alper

Fletcher's Mechanic (uncredited)

Robert Armstrong

Hatted Passerby Before Nightclub (uncredited)

Raymond Bailey

2nd Ex-Con (uncredited)

Brooks Benedict

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

James Blaine

Club Doorman (uncredited)

Wade Boteler

Policeman in Speakeasy (uncredited)

Harry C. Bradley

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Al Bridge

Ship Captain (uncredited)

Paul Bryar

Gangster (uncredited)

Nat Carr

Waiter (uncredited)

Glen Cavender

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Clay Clement

Bramfield (uncredited)

Ann Codee

Saleswoman (uncredited)

Calvin Coolidge

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Maurice Costello

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Kernan Cripps

Cop (uncredited)

Sayre Dearing

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Bill Elliott

Bootlegger (uncredited)

James Flavin

Policeman (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Fred Graham

Henchman Eddie Pushes Over Railing (uncredited)

Creighton Hale

Customer (uncredited)

Bert Hanlon

Pianist (uncredited)

John Harron

Soldier (uncredited)

Lew Harvey

3rd Ex-Con (uncredited)

Herbert Heywood

Pop (uncredited)

Al Hill

1st Ex-Con (uncredited)

Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Stuart Holmes

Taxi Passenger (uncredited)

Herbert Hoover

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

George Humbert

Luigi (uncredited)

Lloyd Ingraham

Official in Montage (uncredited)

Michael Jeffers

Joe - The Bartender (uncredited)

Donald Kerr

Cabbie (uncredited)

Milton Kibbee

Cabbie (uncredited)

Reid Kilpatrick

Announcer (uncredited)

George Lloyd

Singing Trio Member (uncredited)

Arthur Loft

Still Proprietor (uncredited)

Frank Mayo

Policeman (uncredited)

Jack Mower

Guard (uncredited)

Benito Mussolini

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Wendell Niles

Self - Announcer (uncredited)

Jack Norton

Drunk at Henderson Club (uncredited)

Wedgwood Nowell

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Pat O'Malley

Jailer (uncredited)

Oscar O'Shea

Customer (uncredited)

David Oliver

Policeman (uncredited)

Emory Parnell

Gangster (uncredited)

William Pawley

Cabdriver (uncredited)

Lee Phelps

Bailiff (uncredited)

John J. Richardson

Sleeping Train Passenger (uncredited)

John Ridgely

Cabbie at Grand Central (uncredited)

Cyril Ring

Charlie (uncredited)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Don Rowan

Gangster (uncredited)

Hector V. Sarno

Warehouse Boss (uncredited)

Jeffrey Sayre

Order-Taker (uncredited)

Amzie Strickland

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Charles Sullivan

Freighter Crew Member (uncredited)

Elliott Sullivan

Eddie's Cellmate (uncredited)

Billy Wayne

Cabbie at Grand Central (uncredited)

Ben Welden

Tavern Proprietor (uncredited)

Dick Wessel

Fletcher's Mechanic (uncredited)

Leo White

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Frank Wilcox

Cabbie at Grand Central (uncredited)

Norman Willis

Bootlegger (uncredited)

Charles C. Wilson

Policeman (uncredited)

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