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The Roaring Twenties (1939)
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| Starring: | James Cagney, Priscilla Lane, Humphrey Bogart, Gladys George, Jeffrey Lynn, Abner Biberman, Brooks Benedict, Eddy Chandler, Edward Keane, Elisabeth Risdon, Frank McHugh, George Meeker, Joe Sawyer, John Hamilton, John Ridgely, Joseph Crehan, Paul Kelly, Robert Elliott, Vera Lewis |
| Director: | Raoul Walsh |
| Genre: | Drama, Crime, Mystery/Thriller |
| Year: | 1939 |
| Studio: | Warner Home Video |
| Length: | 107 minutes |
| Released: | January 25, 2005 |
| Rating: | NR |
| Format: | DVD |
| Misc: | NTSC, Black & White |
| Language: | English(Original Language), French(Subtitled), Spanish(Subtitled), English(Subtitled) |
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SYNOPSIS:The speakeasy era never roared louder than in this gangland chronicle that packs a wallop under action master Raoul Walsh's direction. Against a backdrop of newsreel-like montages and narration, it follows the life of jobless war veteran Eddie Bartlett (James Cagney) who turns bootlegger, dealing in "bottles instead of battles." Battles await Eddie within and without his growing empire. Outside are territorial feuds and gangland bloodlettings. Inside is the treachery of his double-dealing associate (Humphrey Bogart). It would be 10 years before Cagney played another gangster (in White Heat), a time in which gangster movies themselves became rare. "He used to be a big shot," Panama Smith (Gladys George) says at the finale, marking Bartlett's demise...and signaling the end of Hollywood's focus on the gangster era.
BONUS FEATURES:
- Leonard Maltin Hosts Warner Night at the Movies 1939
- Musical Short All Girl Revue
- Comedy Short The Great Library Misery
- Cartoon Thugs with Dirty Mugs
- Theatrical Trailers
- Newsreel
- New Featurette The Roaring Twenties: The World Moves On
- Commentary by Film Historian Dr. Lincoln Hurst
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