Review of The Roaring Twenties (1939) by Orlok W — 26 Jun 2012
Raoul Walsh's The Roaring Twenties ranks among the greatest gangster films you've never seen. For some odd reason it doesn't get as much screen time or discussion as the somewhat weaker Cagney film, The Public Enemy, when this one is so grounded in the even more harsher realities of the time.
Not to mention, this film's story and cinematography are top notch, ranking high up there with Howard Hawks' Scarface. Further more, the extremely impressive ending echoes the work of Jean Luc Godard by at least twenty years, which should at least stand for something.
This review of The Roaring Twenties (1939) was written by Orlok W on 26 Jun 2012.
The Roaring Twenties has generally received very positive reviews.
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