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Raoul Walsh directs this masterly portrayal of the great decade of the American gangster, with Cagney, Bogart and Lynn as ex-army buddies making a 'killing' (both literally and metaphorically) during the Prohibition era.

Keywords:

Crime, Drama, Thriller, War, Historical, History, Gangster, World War, Crime Drama, Movie, Film, Movies, Films, WWI, World War 1, WW1

Additional Information:

(Black and white) (1939) (USA) (4 Star)

Cast:

James Cagney	.... Eddie Bartlett
Priscilla Lane	.... Jean Sherman later Jean Hart
Humphrey Bogart	.... George Hally
Gladys George	.... Panama Smith
Jeffrey Lynn	.... Lloyd Hart
Frank McHugh	.... Danny Green

Supporting Cast:

Paul Kelly	.... Nick Brown the Bootlegger
Elisabeth Risdon	.... Mrs. Sherman
Edward Keane	.... Pete Henderson
Joe Sawyer	.... The Sergeant
Joseph Crehan	.... Fletcher Foreman
George Meeker	.... Harold Masters
John Hamilton	.... Judge
Robert Elliott	.... First Detective
Eddy Chandler	.... Second Detective
Abner Biberman	.... Lefty Hally's Henchman
Vera Lewis	.... Mrs. Gray Landlady

Directors:

Raoul Walsh

Writers:

Mark Hellinger
Jerry Wald

Narrators:

John Deering