But all things must come to an end, and by 1939, the gangster film had to change and become about more than cathartic violence, and that's where The Roaring Twenties came in to shake things up.

James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart meet in the trenches of World War I and subsequently rise through the rackets, ending up on opposite sides in a gang war. Walsh’s mastery of narrative rhythm ...

THE ROARING TWENTIES screens this Friday night, October 17 th at 7:30 at Webster University’s Winifred Moore Auditorium THE ROARING TWENTIES is at heart a swansong to a decade and one of the greatest ...

The same year, The Public Enemy put James Cagney in Robinson's shoes ... friend-turned-priest Pat O'Brien. In 1939's The Roaring Twenties, Cagney is a World War I veteran who falls into ...