
Miller's Crossing(1990)
Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the same woman.


“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
The Roaring Twenties is a crime, drama, thriller film released in 1939 exploring themes of prohibition era, gangster, great depression, 1920s, admiring. Directed by Raoul Walsh, it stars James Cagney, Priscilla Lane, Humphrey Bogart. 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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