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)
(more)Cast
![Lloyd Ingraham](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/496/496844_ba72f6.jpg)
Lloyd Ingraham
USA
Best movies:
Modern Times (1936)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
![Eddie Acuff](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886410_734833.jpg)
Eddie Acuff
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Hellzapoppin' (1941)
The Phantom Creeps (1949) (TV movie) - a.f.
![Bess Flowers](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/619/160619287_5a558a.jpg)
Bess Flowers
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Rear Window (1954)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
![Jack Mower](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/332/160332802_ec610a.jpg)
Jack Mower
USA
Best movies:
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
![Emory Parnell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000040_e29276.jpg)
Emory Parnell
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
Sabrina (1954)
![Frank Wilcox](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000142_001f18.jpg)
Frank Wilcox
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
The Sea Hawk (1940)
![James Flavin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000167_c82328.jpg)
James Flavin
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
In Cold Blood (1967)
Mildred Pierce (1945)
![Raymond Bailey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000237_abd29f.jpg)
Raymond Bailey
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Vertigo (1958)
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
Charles Sullivan
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Fury (1936)
![Mike Lally](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/162/159162588_4b5fd8.jpg)
Mike Lally
USA
Best movies:
The Sting (1973)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
![Paul Bryar](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/162/159162627_996bce.gif)
Paul Bryar
USA
Best movies:
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Vertigo (1958)
![Ben Welden](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/207/159207107_55dc82.jpg)
Ben Welden
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
The Big Sleep (1946)
A Song Is Born (1948)
![Jeffrey Sayre](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/162/159162653_651df8.jpg)
Jeffrey Sayre
USA
Best movies:
Bon Voyage! (1962)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
North by Northwest (1959)
Sam Harris
Australia
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Donald Kerr
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Big Country (1958)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
![Arthur Loft](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/053/160053809_59c5ae.jpg)
Arthur Loft
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Scarlet Street (1945)
![Adolf Hitler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271030_7b33cc.jpg)
Adolf Hitler (a.f.)
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Dangerous: The Short Films (1993) (video compilation) - a.f.
The King's Speech (2010) - a.f.
Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001) (TV movie) - a.f.
![Franklin D. Roosevelt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/950/157950086_6c35de.jpg)
Franklin D. Roosevelt (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939) - a.f.
A Bridge Too Far (1977) - a.f.
Contact (1997) - a.f.
![Herbert Hoover](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/928/157928110_7235ae.jpg)
Herbert Hoover (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939) - a.f.
![Dick Wessel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/335/160335587_45e9f2.jpg)
Dick Wessel
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Scarlet Street (1945)