The three soldiers return to America in the 1920s after World War I. Hurt becomes a lawyer, Harry becomes a bootlegger, and Eddie plans to become a taxi driver. Eddie and Smith also joined the bootlegging business and became partners with Harry due to the ease of making money during Prohibition, but Eddie was disgusted by the cruelty of the business, and he tried the stock business. The economic depression of 1929 bankrupted him. Eddie heard that Harry wanted to murder his accomplice Hart, because Hart was actually a law enforcement officer, Eddie killed Harry but was killed by the gunman himself.
The Roaring Twenties movie plot
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Extended Reading
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George Halley: [the men are taking cover in a bombed-out farmhouse, shooting at German soldiers somewhere off-screen. Lloyd takes aim at a German soldier, but hesitates, then lowers his rifle] Whatsa' matta', "Harvard," did you lose the Heine?
Lloyd Hart: No... but he looks like a kid, about 15 years old.
George Halley: -
[Aims his rifle and without any hesitation shoots the young German soldier]
George Halley: He won't be sixteen.
[Seconds later, a fellow soldier rushes in to tell them the war is over, the Armistice has been signed]
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Fletcher's Garage Mechanic: [Eddie, in his Army uniform, returns to his old place of employment - a garage - seeking to get his job back] That guy thinks he's gonna' get my job just because he's got a uniform on. He used to work here.
Fletcher's Garage Mechanic: Yeah, those monkey's are gonna' find out what a picnic they had on Uncle Sam's dough while we stayed home and WORKED!