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!
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.
- Director
- Raoul Walsh
- Signature
- Drama · Craft · Tension
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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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- Release date
- Oct 28, 1939
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
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- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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