The Roaring Twenties
The Roaring Twenties
Release: 1939-10-28
·Runtime: 104m
·★ 7.5
Crime
Drama
Thriller
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Warner Bros. Pictures
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Joe Sawyer
as The Sergeant
George Meeker
as Masters
Robert Armstrong
as Hatted Passerby Before Nightclub (uncredited)
Bill Elliott
as Bootlegger (uncredited)
Al Hill
as 1st Ex-Con (uncredited)
Pat O'Malley
as Jailer (uncredited)
Don Rowan
as Gangster (uncredited)
Norman Willis
as Bootlegger (uncredited)
Stuart Holmes
as Taxi Passenger (uncredited)
Frank McHugh
as Danny Green
John Harron
as Soldier (uncredited)
Wedgwood Nowell
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Donald Kerr
as Cabbie (uncredited)
Arthur Loft
as Still Proprietor (uncredited)
Jack Norton
as Drunk at Henderson Club (uncredited)
Paul Bryar
as Gangster (uncredited)
Benito Mussolini
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Oscar O'Shea
as Customer (uncredited)
Ben Welden
as Tavern Proprietor (uncredited)
John Hamilton
as Judge
Abner Biberman
as Henchman
Bert Hanlon
as Pianist (uncredited)
Lew Harvey
as 3rd Ex-Con (uncredited)
Adolf Hitler
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Eddie Acuff
as Cabbie (uncredited)
Lloyd Ingraham
as Official in Montage (uncredited)
David Oliver
as Policeman (uncredited)
Elisabeth Risdon
as Mrs. Sherman
Maurice Costello
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
George Lloyd
as Singing Trio Member (uncredited)
John J. Richardson
as Sleeping Train Passenger (uncredited)
Vera Lewis
as Mrs. Gray
Murray Alper
as Fletcher's Mechanic (uncredited)
Charles C. Wilson
as Policeman (uncredited)
Robert Elliott
as First Detective
Al Bridge
as Ship Captain (uncredited)
Michael Jeffers
as Joe - The Bartender (uncredited)
Wendell Niles
as Self - Announcer (uncredited)
Clay Clement
as Bramfield (uncredited)
Edward Keane
as Henderson
Glen Cavender
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Cyril Ring
as Charlie (uncredited)
Jack Mower
as Guard (uncredited)
Brooks Benedict
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
George Humbert
as Luigi (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler
as Second Detective
James Cagney
as Eddie Bartlett
James Blaine
as Club Doorman (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Reid Kilpatrick
as Announcer (uncredited)
Mike Lally
as Gangster (uncredited)
Wade Boteler
as Policeman in Speakeasy (uncredited)
Priscilla Lane
as Jean Sherman
Paul Kelly
as Nick Brown
Joseph Crehan
as Michaels
Raymond Bailey
as 2nd Ex-Con (uncredited)
Nat Carr
as Waiter (uncredited)
Herbert Hoover
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Humphrey Bogart
as George Hally
Herbert Heywood
as Pop (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee
as Cabbie (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
as Bailiff (uncredited)
Fred Graham
as Henchman Eddie Pushes Over Railing (uncredited)
Jeffrey Lynn
as Lloyd Hart
Sayre Dearing
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
William Pawley
as Cabdriver (uncredited)
John Ridgely
as Cabbie at Grand Central (uncredited)
Harry C. Bradley
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Calvin Coolidge
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
James Flavin
as Policeman (uncredited)
Frank Mayo
as Policeman (uncredited)
Ann Codee
as Saleswoman (uncredited)
Emory Parnell
as Gangster (uncredited)
Charles Sullivan
as Freighter Crew Member (uncredited)
Gladys George
as Panama Smith
Joe Devlin
as Order-Taker (uncredited)
Carl Harbaugh
as Street-Cleaner (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
as Order-Taker (uncredited)
Frank Wilcox
as Cabbie at Grand Central (uncredited)
Elliott Sullivan
as Eddie's Cellmate (uncredited)
Leo White
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Creighton Hale
as Customer (uncredited)
Kernan Cripps
as Cop (uncredited)
Amzie Strickland
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Billy Wayne
as Cabbie at Grand Central (uncredited)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dick Wessel
as Fletcher's Mechanic (uncredited)