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
![James Cagney](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/348/164348332_0d2b75.png)
James Cagney
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
One, Two, Three (1961)
White Heat (1949)
![Priscilla Lane](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/097/319/97319184_c05195.jpg)
Priscilla Lane
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Saboteur (1942)
![Humphrey Bogart](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/186/164186707_30a2c4.jpg)
Humphrey Bogart
USA
Best movies:
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Casablanca (1942)
![Gladys George](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/515/515849_f04c69.jpg)
Gladys George
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Detective Story (1951)
![Jeffrey Lynn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/105/792/105792797_c133e3.jpg)
Jeffrey Lynn
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
BUtterfield 8 (1960)
A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
![Frank McHugh](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/099/533/99533950_28f4b0.jpg)
Frank McHugh
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
The Front Page (1931)
![Paul Kelly](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/463/158463881_df9c00.jpg)
Paul Kelly
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Springfield Rifle (1952)
San Antonio (1945)
![Elisabeth Risdon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/343/160343466_7063a3.jpg)
Elisabeth Risdon
UK
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Random Harvest (1942)
Edward Keane
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Edison, the Man (1940)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
![Joe Sawyer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000152_0b2744.jpg)
Joe Sawyer
Canada
Best movies:
The Killing (1956)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Gilda (1946)
![Joseph Crehan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000321_652af3.jpg)
Joseph Crehan
USA
Best movies:
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Love Crazy (1941)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
![George Meeker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/099/533/99533949_eaf7d0.jpg)
George Meeker
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Casablanca (1942)
![John Hamilton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/443/161443421_1a4fb5.jpg)
John Hamilton
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
It Started with Eve (1941)
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
![Eddy Chandler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/769/160769473_2d999d.jpg)
Eddy Chandler
USA
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
![Abner Biberman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/084/161084363_e98b14.jpg)
Abner Biberman
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
The Rains Came (1939)
![Vera Lewis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/605/160605870_624d53.jpg)
Vera Lewis
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
King Kong (1933)
![John Ridgely](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/021/353/21353552_ae1be6.jpg)
John Ridgely
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
The Big Sleep (1946)
![Creighton Hale](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272353_490761.jpg)
Creighton Hale
Ireland
Best movies:
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Casablanca (1942)
![Maurice Costello](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/036/677/36677249_b488a2.jpg)
Maurice Costello
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
![John Harron](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/021/353/21353532_abea5f.jpg)
John Harron
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
Dark Victory (1939)