Edward Keane, Elizabeth Risdon, Frank McHugh
A pair of World War I buddies become underworld kingpins.
DVD Release Date: January 25, 2005
Stats: 198 reviews
a little too much sentiment and the sickly sweet priscilla lane keep this from being a perfect gangster film. the final showdown between cagney and bogie is the best part
Not my favorite Cagney, Bogart or Walsh, but still a solid gangster flick.
Worth seeing for the historical narrative montages.
another gangster classic that delivers. cagney was great as eddie bartlett and bogart plays a very convincing villian. although the film skips through the process of barletts rise to prominence, the story still flows well and satisfies as a rise and fall gangster story. great ...( read more)
Stylish, original and cruel noir plot, worth a watch. You won't be disappointed at all.
85/100
One of the great American crime movies, The Roaring Twenties steers away from the easy mold of cautionary tale, providing a rich and multilayered character drama instead. Employing periodic segments of newsreel footage and narration, director Raoul Walsh gives the characters and ...( read more)
In 1919, in the end of the World War I, the G.I. Eddie Bartlett meets George Hally and the student of Law School Lloyd Hart in a trench and sooner the war ends. Back in USA, Eddie is not able to find a job and is sustained by his great friend Danny Green, who offers Eddie to shar...( read more)
Not a fan of the historic newsreel footage, but Bogart and Cagney together is reason enough to watch.
Sad tale of a man who started out at the bottom, became a big shot and hit rock bottom again with his own sacrifice for a loved one as his way to redeem his wrong doings. The issues of a decade summarized up in one film with great stars like Cagney, Bogart and Lane.
No creo exagerar si afirmo que en The Roaring Twenties (1939) James Cagney interpreta uno de los mejores gangsters de su filmografía, como el malogrado jefe mafioso Eddie Barttlet. Cagney se comía al resto del reparto, que incluía a un joven Humphrey Bogart, antes de que se conso...( read more)
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