Directed by:
Raoul WalshCinematography:
Ernest HallerCast:
James Cagney, Priscilla Lane, Humphrey Bogart, Gladys George, Jeffrey Lynn, Frank McHugh, Paul Kelly, Elisabeth Risdon, Edward Keane, Joe Sawyer, Joseph Crehan (more)Plots(1)
Ripped from the headlines of the turbulent era between the Great War and the Great Depression, this dynamic, nostalgia-tinged crime drama balances tommy-gun action with epic historical sweep. Legends James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart star as army buddies whose fortunes rise and fall as their fates intersect, first in a foxhole on the front lines of World War I, then in Manhattan’s Prohibition-era underworld. Directed by Hollywood master Raoul Walsh, and based on a story by prolific journalist turned screenwriter and producer Mark Hellinger, The Roaring Twenties brought to a close the celebrated Warner Bros. gangster cycle of the 1930s, and it remains one of the greatest and most influential crime films of all time. (Criterion)
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James Cagney in another great role, showing that he could easily play a completely normal character, but circumstances don't allow it and he has to get into the role of a rogue, whom you still root for, and in the end, you'll have to endure his fate. It's a shame that it's not a bit more interesting in terms of the screenplay, and there's also a lack of good female performances, but Cagney and ultimately Bogart make up for it.
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