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23 October 1939 (USA)
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The land of the free gone wild! The heyday of the hotcha! The shock-crammed days G-men took ten whole years to lick! more
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After the WWI Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging...
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| 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 (as Elizabeth Risdon) | |
| Edward Keane | ... | Henderson (as Ed Keane) | |
| Joe Sawyer | ... | The Sergeant | |
| Joseph Crehan | ... | Michaels | |
| George Meeker | ... | Masters | |
| John Hamilton | ... | Judge | |
| Robert Elliott | ... | First Detective | |
| Eddy Chandler | ... | Second Detective (as Eddie Chandler) |
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The World Moves On (USA) (working title)
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104 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Australia:PG (TV rating) |
Canada:PG (video rating) |
Norway:16 |
Sweden:15 |
USA:Approved (PCA #5576) |
Australia:G
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The final line of the movie spoken by the character, Panama Smith (Gladys George) has been ranked by AFI and others as the #1 last line of a gangster movie. In response to a police officers query, "What did he do...", Panama answers as she holds Eddie (James Cagney) on the stairs of the church. "He was a big shot."
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Continuity: Orientation of the actors during the audition scene.
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George Halley:
[In the shell hole, battle raging overhead] What's a matta' kid? Ya' scared?
Lloyd Hart: Yes I am.
George Halley: [Chuckles unsympathetically] No heart, huh?
Lloyd Hart: I'm beginning to think so. At least I haven't got any heart for this. I thought this business would be over with before I got here.
George Halley: What, are you a college kid?
Lloyd Hart: I just finished law school.
Eddie Bartlett: Oh, a lawyer, huh? Can you think of anything that can get us out of this hole?
George Halley: Aw, he wouldn't if he could. He's one of them guys that cheer the loudest back home, and then when they get over here and the goin' gets tough they fold up.
Eddie Bartlett: [Annoyed] Shut up...
George Halley: I'm talkin' to him...
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Lloyd Hart: Yes I am.
George Halley: [Chuckles unsympathetically] No heart, huh?
Lloyd Hart: I'm beginning to think so. At least I haven't got any heart for this. I thought this business would be over with before I got here.
George Halley: What, are you a college kid?
Lloyd Hart: I just finished law school.
Eddie Bartlett: Oh, a lawyer, huh? Can you think of anything that can get us out of this hole?
George Halley: Aw, he wouldn't if he could. He's one of them guys that cheer the loudest back home, and then when they get over here and the goin' gets tough they fold up.
Eddie Bartlett: [Annoyed] Shut up...
George Halley: I'm talkin' to him...
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Referenced in Another Time, Another Place (1958)
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My Melancholy Baby
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I got a kick out of this flick having seen in on TCM. In fact I get a kick out of all TCM movies because there are no commercials so whether you like or dislike Ted Turner, I gotta thank the man for giving us that channel and that format. It's just like sitting in the Bijou after buying a ticket for a quarter and a box of popcorn for a dime. Those were the days. When we hear the names Cagney and Bogart,what's taken for granted? Both were legends. Hollywood immortals whom as long as film is preserved, will never really be dead and "The Roaring Twenties" showcased the dynamic duo to the Nth degree. Bogie did not get top billing as did Jimmy however shining throughout that entire movie was unmistakable greatness yet to come from the guy with the impressive speech impediment. His villainous,conniving rotten gangster disposition was there to exploit in how many more films with him? And Cagney too was contemptible but in a nicer way-if indeed that makes any sense whatsoever. I guess I mean to write that if Cagney would shoot someone, he'd first apologize and then perhaps pay for the funeral.But when Bogie shot, his followup would be two or three more right to the gut. Regarding the story line of the film, it's quite straightfoward. Bogie and Cagney meet as Doughboys in France in W.W.I. The war ends, a few years later the Volstead Act becomes law which gives birth to bootlegging, rival murder etc. Jimmy, who's nuts about a gal who sings and is just out of high school is warned by his pal in booze,Bogie,that the gal is two-timing him for their lawyer and so forth and so on. A one time rock solid friendship between Cagney and Bogart disintegrate and why go on? See the film. It's classic gangster stuff and highly enjoyable.