The Roaring Twenties on DVD (1939)

A customer from West Yorks , 25/02/2007

Great film, why don't they show films like this on the TV anymore?!

Great to see Cagney and Bogie together on screen.

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jjgittes from Penrith , 24/01/2007

Cagney and Bogart playing off one another is an absolute treat to watch. No matter who Cagney plays I always forget he's an actor playing a role. He's that good. The Roaring Twenties is a history lesson that definitely won't send you to sleep.

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A customer from Preston , 10/01/2008

The Roaring Twenties

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 vetran 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 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 Goerge) says at the finale, marking Bartlett's demise... and signalling the end of Hollywood's focus on the gangster era.

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A customer from West Midlands , 01/12/2005

One of Jimmy Cagneys best ganster films. Good sript, great acting and one of the best of the era. Great watch.

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