Seen for the first time in June 2013.
"The Roaring Twenties" is a nice sharp prohibition era gangster film. It's positions itself as a retrospective on the twenties a bit and at times comes off like anti-prohibition propaganda. James Cagney gets sucked into the racket and is destroyed by it while rising to the top in between. It zips along nicely. It's almost paced like a modern movie. Much of the dialogue and setups is easily imagined in more modern filmmaking. The only thing that really dates it is the sort of theatric feel inherent in many older movies. Grade B.
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