Roaring Twenties, The

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  • Roaring Twenties, The -- Classy gangster melodrama in which a jobless World War I vet (James Cagney) makes a fortune as a bootlegger during Prohibition but goes bust in the Stock Market crash, then tangles with his prosperous ex-partner (Humphrey Bogart) to save the husband (Jeffrey Lynn) of his old flame (Priscilla Lane). Directed by Raoul Walsh, a newsreel narration sets the plot developments in the context of the times, with Cagney in top form as the good badguy who comes to a tragic end. Stylized violence, some of it quite nasty. (A-II) (br) ( 1939 )




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    A-I -- general patronage;
    A-II -- adults and adolescents;
    A-III -- adults;
    L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. L replaces the previous classification, A-IV.
    O -- morally offensive.

    Note: Some movies previously were designated A-IV. Older films with this classification should be regarded as classified L.

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