The Roaring Twenties (1939)

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1h 44min | Crime, Drama, Thriller | Oct 28, 1939 | Released

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.

Director: Raoul Walsh

Producer: Hal B. Wallis Samuel Bischoff

Writer(s): Robert Rossen Jerry Wald Richard Macaulay

Story: Mark Hellinger

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Cast & Crew

Cast (111 Members)

Jean Sherman

Cabbie at Grand Central

Robert Armstrong

Hatted Passerby Before Nightclub (uncredited)

Policeman (uncredited)

The Sergeant

Humphrey Bogart

George Hally

2nd Ex-Con

Eddie Bartlett

Himself (archive footage)

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Panama Smith

Fletcher's Mechanic

Judge

Nightclub Patron

Mrs. Gray

Charles C. Wilson

Policeman

Henchman

Cabbie

Still Proprietor

Fletcher's Mechanic

Gangster

Cabbie at Grand Central

Charlie

Soldier

Danny Green

Order-Taker

Nick Brown

Singing Trio Member

Michaels

Tavern Proprietor

Lloyd Hart

Customer

Elisabeth Risdon

Mrs. Sherman

Masters

Luigi

Singing Trio Member

Bootlegger

Henchman Eddie Pushes Over Railing

Elliott Sullivan

Eddie's Cellmate

Brooks Benedict

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Cabbie (uncredited)

Cabbie at Grand Central

Taxi Passenger

John J. Richardson

Sleeping Train Passenger

Henderson

Second Detective

Drunk at Henderson Club

Ship Captain

Policeman in Speakeasy

Bailiff

Official in Montage

Bootlegger

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Orderly (uncredited)

Saleswoman

First Detective

Himself - Announcer

Charles Sullivan

Freighter Crew Member

Mike

Timid Man

Lottie Williams

Restaurant Patron

Cabbie

(uncredited)

Street-Cleaner

Amzie Strickland

Nightclub Patron

Order-Taker

Foreman

Gangster

voice

Cabdriver

Pianist

Gangster

1st Ex-Con

Gorman Gin-Taster

Harry C. Bradley

Restaurant Patron

Guard

3rd Ex-Con

Herbert Heywood

Pop

Bramfield

Nightclub Patron

Policeman

Waiter (uncredited)

Cop

Benito Mussolini

Himself (archive footage)

Store Doorman

Maurice Costello

(uncredited)

Calvin Coolidge

Himself (archive footage)

Reid Kilpatrick

Announcer

Ernie Alexander

Bootleg Customer

Train Conductor

Oscar "Dutch" Hendrian

First Mate

Nightclub Patron

Nightclub Patron

Jailer

Nightclub Patron

Wedgwood Nowell

Nightclub Patron

Club Doorman

Nightclub Patron

Himself (archive footage)

Vermont Man in Speakeasy

Nightclub Patron

Hector V. Sarno

Warehouse Boss

Nightclub Patron

Lieutenant

Nightclub Patron

Michael Jeffers

Joe - The Bartender

Singing Trio Member

Don Thaddeus Kerr

Bobby Hart

Gangster

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Westbrook Van Voorhis

Himself - Narrator

Priscilla Lane Jean Sherman

John Ridgely Cabbie at Grand Central

Robert Armstrong Hatted Passerby Before Nightclub (uncredited)

James Flavin Policeman (uncredited)

Joe Sawyer The Sergeant

Humphrey Bogart George Hally

Raymond Bailey 2nd Ex-Con

James Cagney Eddie Bartlett

Adolf Hitler Himself (archive footage)

Glen Cavender Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Gladys George Panama Smith

Murray Alper Fletcher's Mechanic

John Hamilton Judge

Leo White Nightclub Patron

Vera Lewis Mrs. Gray

Charles C. Wilson Policeman

Abner Biberman Henchman

Eddie Acuff Cabbie

Arthur Loft Still Proprietor

Dick Wessel Fletcher's Mechanic

Paul Bryar Gangster

Frank Wilcox Cabbie at Grand Central

Cyril Ring Charlie

John Harron Soldier

Frank McHugh Danny Green

Joe Devlin Order-Taker

Paul Kelly Nick Brown

George Lloyd Singing Trio Member

Joseph Crehan Michaels

Ben Welden Tavern Proprietor

Jeffrey Lynn Lloyd Hart

Creighton Hale Customer

Elisabeth Risdon Mrs. Sherman

George Meeker Masters

George Humbert Luigi

Jane Jones Singing Trio Member

Norman Willis Bootlegger

Fred Graham Henchman Eddie Pushes Over Railing

Elliott Sullivan Eddie's Cellmate

Brooks Benedict Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Milton Kibbee Cabbie (uncredited)

Billy Wayne Cabbie at Grand Central

Stuart Holmes Taxi Passenger

John J. Richardson Sleeping Train Passenger

Edward Keane Henderson

Eddy Chandler Second Detective

Jack Norton Drunk at Henderson Club

Al Bridge Ship Captain

Wade Boteler Policeman in Speakeasy

Lee Phelps Bailiff

Lloyd Ingraham Official in Montage

Bill Elliott Bootlegger

Bess Flowers Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Ray Cooke Orderly (uncredited)

Ann Codee Saleswoman

Robert Elliott First Detective

Wendell Niles Himself - Announcer

Charles Sullivan Freighter Crew Member

Paul Phillips Mike

Charles Marsh Timid Man

Lottie Williams Restaurant Patron

Donald Kerr Cabbie

Frank Mayo (uncredited)

Carl Harbaugh Street-Cleaner

Amzie Strickland Nightclub Patron

Jeffrey Sayre Order-Taker

Alfred Linder Foreman

Mike Lally Gangster

John Deering voice

William Pawley Cabdriver

Bert Hanlon Pianist

Don Rowan Gangster

Al Hill 1st Ex-Con

Al Herman Gorman Gin-Taster

Harry C. Bradley Restaurant Patron

Jack Mower Guard

Lew Harvey 3rd Ex-Con

Herbert Heywood Pop

Clay Clement Bramfield

Sayre Dearing Nightclub Patron

Philip Morris Policeman

Nat Carr Waiter (uncredited)

Kernan Cripps Cop

Benito Mussolini Himself (archive footage)

Eddie Hart Store Doorman

Maurice Costello (uncredited)

Calvin Coolidge Himself (archive footage)

Reid Kilpatrick Announcer

Ernie Alexander Bootleg Customer

Cliff Saum Train Conductor

Oscar "Dutch" Hendrian First Mate

James Conaty Nightclub Patron

Sam Harris Nightclub Patron

Pat O'Malley Jailer

Field Norton Nightclub Patron

Wedgwood Nowell Nightclub Patron

James Blaine Club Doorman

King Mojave Nightclub Patron

Herbert Hoover Himself (archive footage)

Alan Davis Vermont Man in Speakeasy

Bruce Sidney Nightclub Patron

Hector V. Sarno Warehouse Boss

Max Blum Nightclub Patron

Robert Dobson Lieutenant

Curt Furburg Nightclub Patron

Michael Jeffers Joe - The Bartender

Mel Kalish Singing Trio Member

Don Thaddeus Kerr Bobby Hart

Warren Rock Gangster

John St. Clair Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Westbrook Van Voorhis Himself - Narrator

Crew (11 Members)

Director of Photography

Producer

Director

Screenplay

Screenplay

Original Music Composer

Original Music Composer

Richard Macaulay

Screenplay

Story

Samuel Bischoff

Producer

Editor

Ernest Haller Director of Photography

Hal B. Wallis Producer

Raoul Walsh Director

Robert Rossen Screenplay

Jerry Wald Screenplay

Ray Heindorf Original Music Composer

Heinz Roemheld Original Music Composer

Richard Macaulay Screenplay

Mark Hellinger Story

Samuel Bischoff Producer

Jack Killifer Editor

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Robert Armstrong

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