So far SC, this is the best of the old gangster films IMO, including White Heat.

The Roaring Twenties - (Raoul Walsh;1939;USA) - ****
After WW1, a soldier turns to bootlegging when he can't find work.
I really didn't think this would top White Heat, but I was wrong. This is not only a gangster film, but an excellent social commentary on the 1920's. Cagney is great, perhaps not as good as he was in White Heat, but still close. Bogart is also very good in his supporting role, as well as the other supporting actors, especially Gladys George. One of the better films of '39.
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Angels With Dirty Faces is still my favorite of them, but this was very close. I was glued from start to finish. Walsh's direction was great.