Dynamic, quintessential gangster film, wonderfully stylized by director Raoul Walsh,
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07/17/09
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
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Reviews Counted:10
Fresh:10
Rotten:0
Average Rating:7.3/10
Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
US Box Office: $0
Synopsis: It's the original drug war and bullets are flying in this classic gangster film. Cagney plays the role of a tough bootlegger who encounters two old army buddies years after the war in which they... [More]
Starring: James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, Jeffrey Lynn, Priscilla Lane
Director: Raoul Walsh, Anatole Litvak
Reviews for The Roaring Twenties
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10/18/08
Top CriticIt has a good cast and the production values were first-class, allowing it to rise slightly above its hackneyed script.
06/28/08
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08/17/06
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06/24/06
One of the last great gangster films of the 1930s. Cagney brings a touch of poignancy to the hood who time has passed by, and Gladys George is splendid as Panama.
06/02/06
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01/28/06
Top CriticNo review available.
10/09/05
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06/26/05
An epochal rise-and-fall epic of the gangster cycle.
02/03/05
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02/01/05
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08/13/04
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05/24/03
Top CriticThe Roaring Twenties (1939) is action director Raoul Walsh's first gangster film. This newsreel-like, semi-documentary film,
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