| Release | Jan 25, 2005 |
| Video | Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 |
| Audio |
English: Dolby Digital 1.0 |
| Subtitles | English, French |
| Studio | Warner Brothers |
| Year | 1939 |
| Genre | Crime, Drama |
- Leonard Maltin Hosts Warner Night at the Movies 1939 with Newsreel, Musical Short All Girl Revue, Comedy Short The Great Library Misery, Cartoon Thugs with Dirty Mugs and Theatrical Trailers
- New Featurette The Roaring Twenties: The World Moves On
- Commentary by Film Historian Dr. Lincoln Hurst
The speakeasy era never roared louder than in this gangland chronicle that packs a wallop under action master Raoul Walsh's direction. Against a backdrop of newsreel-like montages and narration, it follows the life of jobless war veteran Eddie Bartlett (James Cagney) who turns bootlegger, dealing in "bottles instead of battles." Battles await Eddie within and without his growing empire. Outside are territorial feuds and gangland bloodlettings. Inside is the treachery of his double-dealing associate (Humphrey Bogart). It would be 10 years before Cagney played another gangster (in White Heat), a time in which gangster movies themselves became rare. "He used to be a big shot," Panama Smith (Gladys George) says at the finale, marking Bartlett's demise...and signaling the end of Hollywood's focus on the gangster era.
Warner Brothers
presents
Richard ChevolleauPaul KellyFrank McHughHumphrey BogartJames CagneyGladys GeorgePriscilla Lane"Roaring Twenties"
Written byRichard MaCaulayWritten byRobert RossenWritten byJerry Walddirected byRaoul Walsh
Production Year: 1939
Written byRichard MaCaulayWritten byRobert RossenWritten byJerry Walddirected byRaoul Walsh
Production Year: 1939
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