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MOVIE

The Roaring Twenties

The land of the free gone wild! The heyday of the hotcha! The shock-crammed days G-men took ten whole years to lick!

★ 7.5 1939 104 min CrimeDramaThriller

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.

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The Roaring Twenties in its release era

Released in 1939, The Roaring Twenties sits inside the 1930s catalog. Explore its creators, studio connections, genres and nearby releases from the same period.

Release
1939-10-28
TMDB score
7.5/10
Original language
EN
Status
Released
Production
United States of America
Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures
Topicsprohibition eragangstergreat depression1920sadmiring

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