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.

James Cagney

(Eddie Bartlett)

Priscilla Lane

(Jean Sherman)

Humphrey Bogart

(George Hally)

Gladys George

(Panama Smith)

Jeffrey Lynn

(Lloyd Hart)

Frank McHugh

(Danny Green)

Paul Kelly

(Nick Brown)

Elisabeth Risdon

(Mrs. Sherman)

Edward Keane

(Henderson)

Joe Sawyer

(The Sergeant)

Joseph Crehan

(Michaels)

George Meeker

(Masters)

John Hamilton

(Judge)

Robert Elliott

(First Detective)

Eddy Chandler

(Second Detective)

Abner Biberman

(Henchman)

Vera Lewis

(Mrs. Gray)

John Deering

(Narrator (voice))

Eddie Acuff

(Cabbie (uncredited))

Ernie Alexander

(Bootleg Customer (uncredited))

Murray Alper

(Fletcher's Mechanic (uncredited))

Robert Armstrong

(Hatted Passerby Before Nightclub (uncredited))

Raymond Bailey

(2nd Ex-Con (uncredited))

Brooks Benedict

(Nightclub Patron (uncredited))

James Blaine

(Club Doorman (uncredited))

Max Blum

(Nightclub Patron (uncredited))

Wade Boteler

(Policeman in Speakeasy (uncredited))

Harry C. Bradley

(Restaurant Patron (uncredited))

Al Bridge

(Ship Captain (uncredited))

Paul Bryar

(Gangster (uncredited))

Nat Carr

(Waiter (uncredited))

Glen Cavender

(Nightclub Patron (uncredited))

Clay Clement

(Bramfield (uncredited))

Ann Codee

(Saleswoman (uncredited))

James Conaty

(Nightclub Patron (uncredited))

Ray Cooke

(Orderly (uncredited))

Calvin Coolidge

(Self (archive footage) (uncredited))

Charles Corrigan

(Self (archive footage) (uncredited))

Maurice Costello

(Nightclub Patron (uncredited))

Kernan Cripps

(Cop (uncredited))

Alan Davis

(Vermont Man in Speakeasy (uncredited))

Sayre Dearing

(Nightclub Patron (uncredited))

Joe Devlin

(Order-Taker (uncredited))

Bill Elliott

(Bootlegger (uncredited))

James Flavin

(Policeman (uncredited))

Bess Flowers

(Nightclub Patron (uncredited))

Curt Furburg

(Nightclub Patron (uncredited))

Fred Graham

(Henchman Eddie Pushes Over Railing (uncredited))

Creighton Hale

(Customer (uncredited))

Bert Hanlon

(Pianist (uncredited))

Carl Harbaugh

(Street-Cleaner (uncredited))

Sam Harris

(Nightclub Patron (uncredited))

John Harron

(Soldier (uncredited))

Eddie Hart

(Store Doorman (uncredited))

Lew Harvey

(3rd Ex-Con (uncredited))

Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian

(First Mate (uncredited))

Al Herman

(Gorman Gin-Taster (uncredited))

Herbert Heywood

(Pop (uncredited))

Al Hill

(1st Ex-Con (uncredited))

Adolf Hitler

(Self (archive footage) (uncredited))

Harry Hollingsworth

(Customer (uncredited))

Stuart Holmes

(Taxi Passenger (uncredited))

Herbert Hoover

(Self (archive footage) (uncredited))

George Humbert

(Luigi (uncredited))

Lloyd Ingraham

(Official in Montage (uncredited))

Michael Jeffers

(Joe - The Bartender (uncredited))

Jane Jones

(Singing Trio Member (uncredited))

Mel Kalish

(Singing Trio Member (uncredited))

Don Thaddeus Kerr

(Bobby Hart (uncredited))

Donald Kerr

(Cabbie (uncredited))

Milton Kibbee

(Cabbie (uncredited))

Reid Kilpatrick

(Announcer (uncredited))

Mike Lally

(Gangster (uncredited))

Alfred Linder

(Foreman (uncredited))

George Lloyd

(Singing Trio Member (uncredited))

Arthur Loft

(Still Proprietor (uncredited))

Charles Marsh

(Timid Man (uncredited))

Frank Mayo

(Policeman (uncredited))

King Mojave

(Nightclub Patron (uncredited))

Philip Morris

(Policeman (uncredited))

Jack Mower

(Guard (uncredited))

Benito Mussolini

(Self (archive footage) (uncredited))

Wendell Niles

(Self - Announcer (uncredited))

Field Norton

(Nightclub Patron (uncredited))

Jack Norton

(Drunk at Henderson Club (uncredited))

Wedgwood Nowell

(Nightclub Patron (uncredited))

Pat O'Malley

(Jailer (uncredited))

Oscar O'Shea

(Customer (uncredited))

David Oliver

(Policeman (uncredited))

Emory Parnell

(Gangster (uncredited))

William Pawley

(Cabdriver (uncredited))

Lee Phelps

(Bailiff (uncredited))

Paul Phillips

(Mike (uncredited))

John J. Richardson

(Sleeping Train Passenger (uncredited))

John Ridgely

(Cabbie at Grand Central (uncredited))

Cyril Ring

(Charlie (uncredited))

Warren Rock

(Gangster (uncredited))

Franklin D. Roosevelt

(Self (archive footage) (uncredited))

Don Rowan

(Gangster (uncredited))

Hector V. Sarno

(Warehouse Boss (uncredited))

Cliff Saum

(Train Conductor (uncredited))

Jeffrey Sayre

(Order-Taker (uncredited))

Bruce Sidney

(Nightclub Patron (uncredited))

John St. Clair

(Nightclub Patron (uncredited))

Amzie Strickland

(Nightclub Patron (uncredited))

Charles Sullivan

(Freighter Crew Member (uncredited))

Elliott Sullivan

(Eddie's Cellmate (uncredited))

Westbrook Van Voorhis

(Himself - Narrator (uncredited))

Max Wagner

(Gangster (uncredited))

Billy Wayne

(Cabbie at Grand Central (uncredited))

Ben Welden

(Tavern Proprietor (uncredited))

Dick Wessel

(Fletcher's Mechanic (uncredited))

Leo White

(Nightclub Patron (uncredited))

Frank Wilcox

(Cabbie at Grand Central (uncredited))

Lottie Williams

(Restaurant Patron (uncredited))

Norman Willis

(Bootlegger (uncredited))

Charles C. Wilson

(Policeman (uncredited))

Robert Dobson

(Lieutenant)